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Nightjohn (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780440219361)
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x"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --Nightjohn
"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn." -- Sarny
Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars.
He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn.
Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN-10: 0440219361
ISBN-13: 9780440219361
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.10w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 9993 / Nightjohn
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Winner
"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn." -- Sarny
Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars.
He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn.
Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN-10: 0440219361
ISBN-13: 9780440219361
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.10w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 9993 / Nightjohn
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Winner
By Gary Paulsen
xGary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Among his Random House books are Road Trip (written with his son, Jim Paulsen); Family Ties; Vote; Crush; Flat Broke; Liar, Liar; Paintings from the Cave; Woods Runner; Masters of Disaster; Lawn Boy; Notes from the Dog; The Amazing Life of Birds; Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day; How Angel Peterson Got His Name; Guts; and five books about Francis Tucket's adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults. He divides his time between his home in Alaska, his ranch in New Mexico, and his sailboat on the Pacific Ocean.
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