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Chasing the Nightbird

Title
Chasing the Nightbird / Krista Russell.
Author
Russell, Krista.
Publication
Atlanta : Peachtree, c2011.

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Description
200 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
In 1851 New Bedford, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Cape Verdean sailor Lucky Valera is kidnapped by his estranged half-brother and forced to work in a mill, but while Lucky is plotting his escape he meets a former slave and a young Quaker girl who influence his plans.
Subject
  • Sailors > Fiction
  • Fugitive slaves > Fiction
  • Abolitionists > Fiction
  • Conduct of life > Fiction
  • Cape Verdean Americans > Fiction
  • Sailors > Juvenile fiction
  • Fugitive slaves > Juvenile fiction
  • Abolitionists > Juvenile fiction
  • Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
  • Cabo Verdean Americans > Juvenile fiction
  • Massachusetts > History > 1775-1865 > Fiction
  • Massachusetts > History > 1775-1865 > Juvenile fiction
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JFE 12-7579
ISBN
  • 9781561455973
  • 1561455970
LCCN
2011002665
OCLC
704379118
Author
Russell, Krista.
Title
Chasing the Nightbird / Krista Russell.
Imprint
Atlanta : Peachtree, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-7579
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