03923cam a2200685 4500 541971812 TxAuBib 20211013120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780763656591 0763656593 B004KA9TTO Amazon 23b161f7-c435-4bc7-89e5-0d007840e9b0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 528980 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Anderson, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I [Bridges eBook] : The Pox Party. Candlewick Press, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1317kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. historical fiction for teens. national book award winners. national book award winner. African American fiction. african american books. American Revolution. National Book Award. Historical Fiction. teen fiction books. Revolutionary War. African Americans. realistic fiction. 18th century. printz award. printz honor. Immigration. Young Adult. Historical. refugees. Smallpox. Slavery. ya lit. WWII. War. YA. HTML:<p><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER!</b><br /> <b>This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.</b></p> <p>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.</p>. African American Fiction. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Margaret A. Edwards Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-12-09 17:22:37. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1874-1/23B/161/F7/PoxParty9780763656591.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23B161F7-C435-4BC7-89E5-0D007840E9B0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1874-1/23B/161/F7/PoxParty9780763656591.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23B161F7-C435-4BC7-89E5-0D007840E9B0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1874-1/23B/161/F7/PoxParty9780763656591.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23B161F7-C435-4BC7-89E5-0D007840E9B0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)