Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.

47
Author: Mosley, Walter

Publisher: Little, Brown (2006)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: viii, 232 p., 20 cm.

BTSB No: 661523

ISBN: 9780316110358

Ages: 12-16

Grades: 7-11

Subjects:
Slavery -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Plantation life -- Fiction
Freedom -- Fiction
Magic -- Fiction
Georgia -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction

Price: $9.83

Summary:
Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.30
   Points: 8.0   Quiz: 87689

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 9-12
   Reading Level: 5.20
   Points: 14.0   Quiz: 37618

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (05/01/05)
   School Library Journal (00/06/05)
   Booklist (04/15/05)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/06/05)
The Hornbook (00/07/05)

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