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Washington Black : a novel

Edugyan, Esi (author.).

Summary: In 1830, two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, bringing with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black -- an eleven-year-old field slave -- is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men. But his new master is not as Washington expects him to be. He is the eccentric Christopher Wilde -- naturalist, explorer, inventor and abolitionist -- whose obsession with perfecting a winged flying machine disturbs all who know him. Washington is initiated into a world of wonder: a world where the night sea viewed from a hilltop explodes with light, where a simple cloth canopy can propel a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning -- and where two people separated by an impossible divide can begin to see each other as human.

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  • ISBN: 1443423386
  • ISBN: 9781443423380 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 419 pages ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2018]
Subject: Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
Slavery -- Fiction
Naturalists -- Fiction
Flying-machines -- Fiction
Barbados -- Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.
Canadian fiction.
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  • 40 of 43 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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  • 1 current hold with 43 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Nelson Public Library F EDU (Text) 35148002055610 Adult Fiction Volume hold Checked out 2024-09-04
100 Mile House Branch EDU (Text) 33923006012714 General Fiction Volume hold Available -
Beaver Valley Public Library F EDU (Text) 35144000191556 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Bridge River Branch AF EDU (Text) 35180200079365 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library AF EDU (Text) 35198000663691 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC EDU (Text) 35146002105138 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Chetwynd Public Library FIC EDU (Text) 35222001017291 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Creston Public Library FIC EDU (Text) 35140100041691 Fiction Volume hold Available -
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