| Nightjohn Contributor(s): Paulsen, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440219361 ISBN-13: 9780440219361 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 1995 Annotation: "To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --"Nightjohn
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92001222 |
| Age Level: 12-UP |
| Grade Level: 7-UP |
| Lexile Measure: 630(Not Available) |
| Series: Sarny |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.1" W x 6.6" L (0.15 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Awards: Young Hoosier Book Award, Winner, Grades 6-8, 1997 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 9993 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --Nightjohn "I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn." -- Sarny 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 retumed 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 new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters. |
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