Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

English

Series: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation Ser.

Volume: Vol. 1

ISBN: 0763624020

EAN: 9780763624026

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American/Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods/Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Release Date: 12/07/2006

Age Range: 14-17

Synopsis: A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed author of FEED. 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 boys 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. Andersons 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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Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.25 inches

Width: 7.5 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 25.26 oz

Pages: 368