num_pages: 195
description: Celebrating a special event for his people, Kofi, the prince of a West African village, is horrified when he is betrayed, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in Massachusetts, in a story based on an actual slave narrative. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Captive
titlecomplete: The Captive (Apple Paperbacks)
genres: Historical, Africa, Novels, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 163
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor, name: Children’s Africana Book Award
category: Best Book for Older Readers
publisher: Apple