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Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Vol I by M T Anderson HB 2006 1st
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Light Wear”
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780763624026
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Candlewick Press
ISBN-10
0763624020
ISBN-13
9780763624026
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52417455
Product Key Features
Book Title
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I : the Pox Party
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historical / General, Historical / United States / General, People & Places / United States / African American, Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (See Also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse), General, Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
2006-043170
Reviews
Anderson's imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of the horrors of human experimentation and the ambiguous history of America's origins will leave readers impatient for the promised sequel. New York Times Book Review The story's scope is immense, in both its technical challenges and underlying intellectual and moral questions. . . . Readers will marvel at Anderson's ability to maintain this high-wire act of elegant, archaic language and shifting voices. Booklist (starred review) Fascinating and eye-openingi this powerful novel will resonate with contemporary readers. School Library Journal (starred review) Octavian's narration...quickly draws readers into its almost musical flow, and the relentless action and plot turns are powerful motivators. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) A historical novel of prodigious scope, power and insight...This is the Revolutionary War seen at its intersection with slavery through a disturbingly original lens . Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Anderson ( Whales on Stilts ) once again shows the breadth of his talents with this stunningly well-researched novel. Publishers Weekly A brilliantly complex interrogation of our basic American assumptions. Anderson has created an alternative narrative of our national mythology, one that fascinates, appalls, condemns -- and enthralls. Horn Book, The Historically grounded, emotionally and philosophically complex, Octavian Nothing will compel readers to think differently about history and its echoes in the contemporary world. BookPage It's probably the best young-adult novel in American history, top 10 for sure. TIME Magazine A brilliant, passionate book that is flat-out unforgettable, a virtuoso exercise in voice that in no way distances the reader from the narrator and an experience of deeply felt empathy that his slowly emerging understanding of the nature of his existence engenders. Michael Cart, "Carte Blanche," Booklist Imaginative and important. Wall Street Journal Gripping, thought-provoking and occasionally horrifying ithis is first-class literature, a deserved winner of this year's National Book Award for young readers. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Presents a unique vision of this nation's infancy, one to which young-adult readers with sophisticated tastes are likely to respond with enthusiasm. San Francisco Chronicle The most daring and demanding of the fall booksi Even more extraordinary is Anderson's powerful, nuanced revelation of the deep hypocrisies, the pernicious relationship between "rational" inquiry and cruelty; political expediency and the god of "reason"; ideas of democracy and true "Observation" of evidence. Toronto Star A brilliant novel of war and race and the madness of slavery, Octavian has stayed with me for years. John Green
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Synopsis
National Book Award Winner! This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today. 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., National Book Award Winner This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today. 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., Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age 16, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.A54395Pox 2006
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