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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party
Contributor(s): Anderson, M. T. (Author)

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ISBN: 0763624020     ISBN-13: 9780763624026
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
OUR PRICE: $15.29  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age 16, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006043170
Age Level: 14-17
Grade Level: 9-12
Lexile Measure: 1090(Not Available)
Series: Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.82" W x 9.14" L (1.56 lbs) 351 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass.
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Awards: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Fourteen and Up, 2007
Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2008
Delaware Diamonds Award, Nominee, High School, 2008
Book Sense Book of the Year Award, Honor Book, Children's Literature, 2007
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Winner, Fiction & Poetry, 2007
National Book Awards, Winner, Young People's Lit., 2006
Michael L. Printz Award, Honor Book, Young Adult, 2007
L.A. Times Book Prize, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction, 2006
Review Citations: Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 09/18/2006 pg. 56
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2006 pg. 945
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 573
Booklist 09/01/2006 pg. 110
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2006 pg. 322 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 10/01/2006 pg. 147
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2006 pg. 112 - Book Of Special Distinction
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2006 pg. 3
New York Times 11/12/2006 pg. 42
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2007 pg. 12
Booklist 02/01/2007 pg. 52
Booklist 04/15/2007 pg. 51
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 87 - Superior,Well Above Average
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2006 pg. 37
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2008 pg. 20
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2007 pg. 1
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 108594
Reading Level: 8.0   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 13.0
 
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Publisher Description:
National Book Award Winner
This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother -- a princess in exile from a faraway land -- are the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments -- and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson's extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

 
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