Chasing the Nightbird
By: by Krista Russell
Publisher: Peachtree
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781561455973
Subjects: Conduct of life; Abolitionists; Cape Verdean Americans; Sailors; Fugitive slaves; History; Fiction
Description: In 1851 New Bedford, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Cape Verdean sailor Lucky Valera is kidnapped by his estranged half-brother and forced to work in a mill, but while Lucky is plotting his escape he meets a former slave and a young Quaker girl who influence his plans.