The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1
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368 pages · Released 2006 · Candlewick
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This is a sophisticated historical novel told through primary documents that explores slavery, scientific racism, and the American Revolution through the eyes of an enslaved boy. While it deals with serious and occasionally disturbing subject matter—including the exploitation and medical experimentation of enslaved people—the violence is not graphically depicted. The novel is richly educational and ultimately affirms freedom and humanity, but its complex themes and historical trauma require maturity to process appropriately.
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Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
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- African Americans
- British Naval operations
- Slavery
- Virginia in fiction
- United States in fiction
- Freedom in fiction
- African Americans in fiction
- Freedom
- Slavery in fiction
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