num_pages: 449
description: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
language: English
title: The Pox Party
titlecomplete: The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)
genres: Fiction, African American, Teen, American Revolution, Young Adult, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 15247
places: Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
series: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Award
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Boston Author's Club Young Reader Award, awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Thorndike Pr