47

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Walter Mosley

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A young slave boy is named and numbered 47 on a nineteenth-century Georgia plantation and encounters the brutality and injustice of the system of slavery. 47 meets a strange being named Tall John who appears to be another slave boy - a runaway. But as 47 comes to realise, John is an extraterrestrial visitor who believes that his destiny is intertwined with the young slave's. Tall John is a science fiction creation but he is also a reinterpretation of High John the Conqueror - a character taken from old slave myths about a spirit come from Africa to confound the slave masters and (ultimately) to free all slaves.

Author Biography:

Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of Little Scarlet, Fear Itself, and Bad Boy Brawly Brown; the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries; and other works of fiction and nonfiction. This is his first book for young adults.

Release date NZ

November 1st, 2006

Author

Walter Mosley

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Little, Brown & Company

Interest Age

From 12 to 15 years

Pages

240

Publisher

Little, Brown & Company

Dimensions

130x189x17

ISBN-13

9780316016353

Product ID

1689045

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