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Anderson, M. T.

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves

570 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-2950-2 $22.99
(1) YA Octavian and Dr. Trefusis escape the College of Lucidity. Their flight takes them to Boston then Virginia, where Octavian enlists in Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment in exchange for promised freedom. As themes of servitude and liberty volley around Octavian's journals like cannon fire, readers are kept off-balance while grappling with complex vocabulary and sentence structure. An author's note fills in historical background.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2008

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