Nightjohn

Nightjohn wani labari ne na tarihi na 1993 wanda marubucin Amurka Gary Paulsen ya rubuta. Yana game da bautar Kudancin Amurka jim kadan kafin lokacin Yaƙin basasar Amurka. A shekara ta 1996, daga baya aka sanya shi fim din mai suna.

 Takaitaccen Bayani 
Littafin ya saita ne a wani shuka mallakar wani mutum mai suna Waller a Kudancin Amurka a farkon shekarun 1850. Mai ba da labari kuma mai gabatarwa na labarin wata budurwa 'yar Afirka ce mai suna Sarny . Sarny ya fara ganin Nightjohn lokacin da aka kawo shi gonar tare da igiya a wuyansa, jikinsa ya cika da alamomi. Ya tsere zuwa Arewa don 'yanci, amma da sanin cewa hukuncin karatu shine rarraba, Yahaya har yanzu ya koma bautar don koya wa wasu yadda ake karatu. Sarny mai shekaru goma sha biyu yana shirye ya koyi. Don haka, da dare kuma a duk lokacin da ya sami damar, John ya fara koya wa Sarny haruffa na haruffa Ingilishi. Koyaya ko da yayin da Yahaya ya koya wa Sarny haruffa 8 (A zuwa H), Walter, mai zalunci, ya kama rubuce-rubucen ta a cikin datti kuma ya azabtar da Yahaya don koya mata ta hanyar yanke yatsunsu daga kowane ƙafafunsa. Amma bayan kwana uku na warkewa, John ya gudu ya kai ga 'yanci.

Daga baya ya dawo ya dauki Sarny kuma ya kai ta "school" da daddare, inda ta ga kuma ta koyi abin da kundin yake, ta koyi sauran haruffa, kuma ta sami babban ilmi- wani abu da babu wanda zai iya karba daga gare ta. Tun da Yahaya ya zo da dare, ana kiransa Nightjohn. Wannan littafin ya biyo bayan wani labari mai suna Sarny, Life Remembered a 1997

 Fim din 
An daidaita littafin a matsayin fim din talabijin wanda aka watsa a kan Disney Channel tare da Carl Lumbly a matsayin John, Beau Bridges a matsayin mai bautar, da kuma gabatar da Allison Jones a matsayin Sarny. Charles Burnett ne ya ba da umarnin.
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