The Resource 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
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
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The item 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 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network.
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- 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. 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 2nd pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 353 p.
- Isbn
- 9780763624026
- Label
- The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation, 1, The pox party
- Title
- The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation
- Title number
- 1
- Title part
- The pox party
- Statement of responsibility
- taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston
- Language
- eng
- 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. 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
- Awards note
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- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- National Book Award, 2006.
- Michael L. Printz honor book, 2007.
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Anderson, M. T
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.A54395
- LC item number
- Pox 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation
- Series volume
- 01
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Liberty
- Slavery
- Science
- African Americans
- Young adult fiction
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- 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
- Link
- Control code
- ocn701205491
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 2nd pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 353 p.
- Isbn
- 9780763624026
- System control number
- (OCoLC)701205491
- Label
- 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
- Link
- Control code
- ocn701205491
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 2nd pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 353 p.
- Isbn
- 9780763624026
- System control number
- (OCoLC)701205491
Subject
- Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
- Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction
- Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
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