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Cane warriors
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- Book Synopsis
- Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris Award Longlisted for the YA Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time is ticking, and the day of the uprising approaches . . . Irresistible, gripping and unforgettable, Cane Warriors follows the true story of Tacky's War in Jamaica, 1760.
- About The Author
- Alex Wheatle (1963 - 2025) was the author of several acclaimed novels, many of them inspired by experiences from his childhood. He was born in Brixton to Jamaican parents, and spent most of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. Following a short stint in prison following the Brixton uprising of 1981, he wrote poems and lyrics and became known as the Brixtonbard. Alex was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, and was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2008.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781839131127
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Andersen Press, (07 October 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 183
- Weight
- 170 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 13 mm
- Categories:
- Children's Fiction Children and Teenage: Adventure Fiction Children and Teenage: Historical Fiction General Interests and Hobbies Children and Teenage: Warfare, battles, armed forces Personal and Social Topics Children and Teenage: Death and grief Children and Teenage: Racism and anti-racism Children and Teenage: Social issues / topics