HOOK 'EM SNOTTY (Gary Paulsen World of Adventure)

Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed (Liar Liar)

The Quilt (Alida Series)

The Crossing

Alida's Song

Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day

Mudshark

Dunc's Halloween (Culpepper Adventures)

To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading. -- NightjohnI didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn.--SarnySarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars.He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn.Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.From the Hardcover edition.

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HOOK 'EM SNOTTY (Gary Paulsen World of Adventure)

Gary Paulsen, 1995

Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed (Liar Liar)

Gary Paulsen, 2011

The Quilt (Alida Series)

Gary Paulsen, 2004

The Crossing

Gary Paulsen, 1987

Alida's Song

Gary Paulsen, 1999

Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day

Gary Paulsen, 2004

Mudshark

Gary Paulsen, 2009

Dunc's Halloween (Culpepper Adventures)

Gary Paulsen, 1992