The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation Volume I
The Pox Party
Kids, People and Places, Fiction, USA, Historical, Teen, General Fiction
| Author: | M.T. Anderson | ISBN: | 9780763651787 |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press | Publication: | December 21, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | M.T. Anderson |
| ISBN: | 9780763651787 |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
| Publication: | December 21, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press |
| Language: | English |
Winner of the National Book Award! Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers -- but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that he learns the hideous nature of their experiments and his own chilling role in them. Set in Revolutionary Boston M. T. Andersons mesmerizing novel takes place at a time when Patriots battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
Winner of the National Book Award! Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers -- but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that he learns the hideous nature of their experiments and his own chilling role in them. Set in Revolutionary Boston M. T. Andersons mesmerizing novel takes place at a time when Patriots battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
