| ID | 011473 |
| Call Number | 813.54/AND |
| Title Proper | Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing: Volume 1 - The Pox party |
| Other Title Information | Traitor to the nation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Anderson, M.T. |
| Publication | Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2008. |
| Description | 374p Maroon Spine |
| Note | In this fascinating and eye-opening Revolution-era novel, Octavian, a black youth raised in a Boston household of radical philosophers, is given an excellent classical education. He and his mother, an African princess, are kept isolated on the estate, and only as he grows older does he realize that while he is well dressed and well fed, he is indeed a captive being used by his guardians as part of an experiment to determine the intellectual acuity of Africans. As the fortunes of the Novanglian College of Lucidity change, so do the nature and conduct of their experiments. [...] Readers will have to wait for the second volume to find out the protagonist's fate. |
| Standard Number | 9780763636791 |
| Price. Qualification | $10.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 813.54 |
| Key Words | Massachusetts - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Liberty - Fiction ; African Americans - Fiction ; Transfer to IBDP ; Lexile 1090L |