The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. 1, The pox party / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston.

Cover image for The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. 1, The pox party / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston.

Title:

ISBN:

9780763624026

9780763636791

Personal Author:

Anderson, M. T.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2006]

Physical Description:

351 pages ; 24 cm.

Summary:

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.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.0 13.0 108594.

Reading Counts RC High School 8.3 18 Quiz: 39478 Guided reading level: NR.

Geographic Term:

Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction

Subject Term:

Liberty -- Fiction.

Slavery -- Fiction

Science -- Experiments -- Fiction.

African Americans -- Fiction

Black people--United States -- Fiction.