The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation, vol. 1, The pox party

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Label

The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation, vol. 1, The pox party

Title number

vol. 1

Title part

The pox party

Statement of responsibility

taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston

Title variation

• Pox party
• astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation: the pox party

Creator

• trueAnderson, M. T.
• Anderson, M. T

Subject

• trueEthics
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
• trueOctavian (Fictitious character)
• trueScience -- Experiments
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHuman experimentation in medicine
• Science -- Experiments -- Fiction
• Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBoston, Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
• trueRacism
• African Americans -- Fiction
• trueSlavery
• trueRevolutionary America (1775-1783) -- 1775 -- 1783
• trueAfrican American teenage boys
• Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
• trueFreedom
• trueAfrican American boys
• Liberty -- Fiction
• Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
• Slavery -- Fiction
• trueCulture conflict
• trueScientists
• Historical fiction
• truePhilosophers
• trueRevolutions -- United States
• trueAfrican American mother and son
• trueMassachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueChildhood
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueDiary novels
• trueAmerican Revolution, 1775-1783
• trueUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
• trueAfrican Americans

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueDiary novels

Language

eng

Summary

Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War

Member of

• trueAstonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation
• Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation, 01

Theme

• trueFacing racism
• trueLife during wartime

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueSerious
• trueEmotionally intense
• trueBleak
• trueHaunting

Writing style

• trueLyrical

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, 2007.
• National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2006.
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 2006
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2006
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2007
• YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2006.

Awards note

• A Junior Library Guild selection.
• National Book Award, 2006.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1090

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.A54395

LC item number

Ast 2006

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1090

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Series statement

The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation

Series volume

v. 1

Target audience

adolescent