47
About this book
Walter Mosley is one of the best-known writers in America. In his first book for young adults, Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of freedom. 47 is a young slave boy living under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed until he meets a mysterious runaway slave, Tall John. Then, 47 finds himself swept up in a struggle for his own liberation.
Subjects
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- african americans, history, fiction
- children's fiction
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- fiction
- freedom
- georgia, fiction
- historical fiction
- history
- juvenile fiction
- liberty
- magic
- magic, fiction
- plantation life
- slavery
- slavery, fiction
- united states, history, 1783-1865, fiction