Nightjohn
$14.36
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1995
Summary
“To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it’s bad for them. They thinks we want what they got … . That’s why they don’t want us reading.” –Nightjohn”I didn’t know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn.” – SarnySarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars.He had escape…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440219361 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0440219361 |
| Author: | Gary Paulsen |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1995 |
| Weight: | 62g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 105mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Sarny |
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Critics Review
“Nightjohn should be required reading (and discussing) for all middle grade and high school students.”
–School Library Journal, Starred
“Among the most powerful of Paulsen’s works, this impeccable researched novel sheds light on cruel truths in American history as it traces the experiences of a 12-year-old slave girl in the 1850s.”
–Publishers Weekly, Starred
“Paulsen is at his best here.”
–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Starred
An ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults
About The Author
Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsenis the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books-The Winter Room, Hatchet,andDogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Associationfor his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Among his Random House books areRoad Trip(written with his son, Jim Paulsen);Family Ties; Vote; Crush; Flat Broke; Liar, Liar; Paintings from the Cave; Woods Runner; Masters of Disaster; Lawn Boy; Notes from the Dog; The Amazing Life of Birds; Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day; How Angel Peterson Got His Name; Guts;and five books about Francis Tucket’s adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults. He divides his time between his home in Alaska, his ranch in New Mexico, and his sailboat on the Pacific Ocean.
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