Title: 47
Description: Walter Mosley is one of the best-known writers in America. In his first book for young adults, Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of freedom. 47 is a young slave boy living under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed until he meets a mysterious runaway slave, Tall John. Then, 47 finds himself swept up in a struggle for his own liberation.
Subjects: Magic, Freedom, Juvenile Fiction, Slavery, Fiction, Plantation life, African Americans, History, Liberty, Historical fiction, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, African americans, history, fiction, Magic, fiction, Georgia, fiction, United states, history, 1783-1865, fiction, African americans, fiction, collectionID:TexChallenge2021, collectionID:KellerChallenge, collectionID:bannedbooks
Places: Georgia
Time periods: 1775-1865