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Author:

Durango, Julia, 1967-

Title:

The walls of Cartagena / by Julia Durango ; illustrated by Tom Pohrt.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

152 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Leprosy--Juvenile fiction.
Catholic Church--Juvenile fiction.
Cartagena (Colombia)--History--17th century--Juvenile fiction.
Colombia--History--17th century--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Leprosy--Fiction.
Catholic Church--Fiction.
Cartagena (Colombia)--History--17th century--Fiction.
Colombia--History--17th century--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Pohrt, Tom, ill.

Summary:

Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an African slave in the seventeenth-century Caribbean city of Cartagena, works as a translator for a Jesuit priest who tends to newly-arrived slaves and, after working for a Jewish doctor in a leper colony and helping an Angolan boy and his mother escape, he realizes his true calling.

ISBN:

1416941029 (hardcover)
9781416941026 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2007041861

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)