Nightjohn
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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 returned 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 novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and an artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.
9780440219361
Details
- Guided Reading Level
- Z
- Accelerated Reader Level
- 3.8
- Lexile Reading Level
- 770
- Fiction / Nonfiction
- F
- Author
- Paulsen, Gary
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House LLC
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