Chasing the Nightbird
Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree, [2011]
Format: Book
Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
In 1851 New Bedford, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Cape Verdean sailor Lucky Valera is kidnapped by his estranged half-brother and forced to work in a mill, but while Lucky is plotting his escape he meets a former slave and a young Quaker girl who influence his plans.
Subjects:
Sailors -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Cabo Verdean Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
Sailors -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Cabo Verdean Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 680L
ISBN:
1561455970
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Russell | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200).