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Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.

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Main Author: Mosley, Walter
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Slavery > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
Plantation life > Young adult fiction.
Freedom > Young adult fiction.
Magic > Young adult fiction.
Georgia > History > 1775-1865 > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
Physical Description:232 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:0316110353
Author Notes:Walter Mosley was born in Los Angeles, California on January 12, 1952. He graduated from Johnson State College in Vermont. His first book, Devil in a Blue Dress, was published in 1990, won a John Creasy Award for best first novel, and was made into a motion picture starring Denzel Washington in 1995. He is the author of the Easy Rawlins Mystery series, the Leonid McGill Mystery series, and the Fearless Jones series. His other works include Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, 47, Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, and Twelve Steps toward Political Revelation. He has received numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award, and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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