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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780316016353
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company, (30 November 2006)
- Number of Pages
- 232
- Weight
- 184 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 189 x 130 x 17 mm
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