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Author:

Anderson, M. T.

Title:

The Pox party / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by Mr. M.T. Anderson of Boston.

Edition:

2nd pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2006

Description:

353 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Science--Experiments--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Massachusetts--History--Fiction.
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

Series:

Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation ; v. 1
Anderson, M. T. Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation ; v. 1.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007
School Library Journal starred, October 2006
Booklist starred, September 2006
Horn Book Starred, April 2007
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, November 2006
Kirkus Starred, September 2006
New York Times, November 2006
Horn Book, April 2007
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2006
Teacher Librarian, June 2007

ISBN:

9780763653767
0763653764

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)