Nightjohn Mass market paperbound - 1995
by Gary Paulsen
In this "searing picture of slavery" ("Kirkus Reviews"),12-year-old slave Sarny risks terrible punishment as Nightjohn, an adult slave, teaches her how to read. An inspirational story, meticulously researched, and historically accurate.
Summary
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"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." -- Sarny
Sarny, 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 escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn.
Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.
Details
- Title Nightjohn
- Author Gary Paulsen
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Laurel Leaf Library, New York
- Date 1995-01-01
- ISBN 9780440219361 / 0440219361
- Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
- Dimensions 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.4 in (16.76 x 10.41 x 1.02 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 630
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Catalog Heading: Language Arts/Literature
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Slavery, Reading
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92001222
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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