'Anderson' s imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of.
The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today. Anderson' s mesmerizing novel takes place at a time when Patriots battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers - but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that learns the hideous nature of their experiments, and his own chilling role them. Now in paperback, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today. After Bono is sent south we learn that he has escaped his new master.Ī School Library Journal article states that when viewed within the framework of Gothic fiction, the Novanglian College of Lucidity can be equated with the "Gothic Castle" and the professors with "monsters".Book Description Paperback. Bono and Octavian become good friends, until Bono is sold South, at which point he leaves a house key for Octavian in case Octavian ever wants to escape. Bono: A slave in the Gitney house whose full name is "Pro Bono".Trefusis (09-01): Octavian's classics teacher. Gitney (03-01): The head of the Novanglian College of Lucidity, a group of scientists and philosophers, and the owner of Octavian. He is very skilled at the violin, quiet, and is fluent in Latin, French, and Greek. Octavian: A boy of African descent, and technically a slave in the Gitney household, although he is brought up in luxury for much of his childhood.Printz Award recognizing literary excellence in books for young adults.
The American Library Association named it a Printz Honor Book, one of four runners-up for the annual Michael L. Anderson and published by Candlewick in 2008, and a sequel to Volume I: The Pox Party (2006). The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves ( 2008) is a historical novel written for young adults by M.
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