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Washington Black  Cover Image Book Book

Washington Black / Esi Edugyan.

Edugyan, Esi (author.).

Summary:

Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born. When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or "Titch," is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky; where two people, separated by an impossible divide, might begin to see each other as human; and where a boy born in chains can embrace a life of dignity and meaning. But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash's head, Titch abandons everything to save him. What follows is their flight along the eastern coast of America, and, finally, to a remote outpost in the Arctic, where Wash, left on his own, must invent another new life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525521426
  • ISBN: 0525521429
  • Physical Description: 333 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Toronto : Patrick Crean Editions, 2018.
Target Audience Note:
N.L. Lexile.
Subject: Slavery > Fiction
Betrayal > Fiction
Barbados > Fiction.
Genre: Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library FIC EDUGYAN (Text) 33892100564914 Adult Fiction Available -


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