The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. V. #2, The Kingdom on the Waves
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 561 pages : maps ; 24 cm
"A novel of the first rank, the kind of monumental work Italo Calvino called 'encyclopedic' in the way it sweeps up history into a comprehensible and deeply textured pattern." -- The New York Times Book Review
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Sundered from all he knows -- the College of Lucidity, the rebel cause -- Octavian hopes to find safe harbor. Instead, he is soon to learn of Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join the counterrevolutionary forces.
In Volume II of his unparalleled masterwork, M. T. Anderson recounts Octavian's experiences as the Revolutionary War explodes around him, thrusting him into intense battles and tantalizing him with elusive visions of liberty. Ultimately, this astonishing narrative escalates to a startling, deeply satisfying climax, while reexamining our national origins in a singularly provocative light.
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Sundered from all he knows -- the College of Lucidity, the rebel cause -- Octavian hopes to find safe harbor. Instead, he is soon to learn of Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join the counterrevolutionary forces.
In Volume II of his unparalleled masterwork, M. T. Anderson recounts Octavian's experiences as the Revolutionary War explodes around him, thrusting him into intense battles and tantalizing him with elusive visions of liberty. Ultimately, this astonishing narrative escalates to a startling, deeply satisfying climax, while reexamining our national origins in a singularly provocative light.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Fiction.
Liberty -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations, British -- Fiction.
Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Liberty -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations, British -- Fiction.
Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Target Audience: 1060L
ISBN:
9780763629502 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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TF Anderson | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
TF Anderson | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
TF Anderson | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
TF Anderson | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
TF Anderson | Southeast | Teen Fiction | In |
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2006.