Nightjohn /
Sarny a female slave first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck. He had escaped to freedom, but he came back - came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for slaves reading is death
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers,
1995, c1993
New York : Bantam, ©1993 |
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| Summary: | Sarny a female slave first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck. He had escaped to freedom, but he came back - came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for slaves reading is death Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read |
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| Item Description: | "Laurel-Leaf Books." |
| Physical Description: | 92 p. ; 18 cm 92 pages ; 17 cm |
| ISBN: | 0440219361 (pbk.) : 0440219361 0440910145 9780440219361 9780440910145 |