Paperback, 384 pages
English language
Published Jan. 22, 2008 by Candlewick.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One
The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation)
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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.
Subjects
- Historical Fiction (Young Adult)
- Juvenile Fiction
- Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
- Historical - United States - Colonial
- Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- People & Places - United States - African-American
- Social Issues - Physical & Emotional Abuse
- Experiments
- Fiction
- Freedom
- Science
- Slavery