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Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave on the Waller plantation becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave, Nightjohn, offers to teach her how to read.
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Slavery, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Reading, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Manfred Mann, Freundschaft, Sklave, Mädchen, Lesenlernen, Straftat, History, Historical fiction, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 8, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Reading, fictionShowing 10 featured editions. View all 10 editions?
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Nightjohn
1995, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, Random House Children's Books
in English
0440219361 9780440219361
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Edition Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced for television in 1996.
Based on the novel by Gary Paulsen.
Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Dorian Harris ; music by Stephen James Taylor.
Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Allison Jones.
MPAA rating: PG, for some scenes of racial oppression and abuse.
DVD; Dolby Digital.
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"This is a story about Nightjohn."
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
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September 14, 2021 | Edited by Jenner | Merge works |
May 7, 2020 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
November 13, 2019 | Edited by Lisa | merge authors |
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