Nightjohn

Nightjohn
by Gary Paulsen

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Author: Gary Paulsen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-02-01
ISBN: 0440219361
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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ISBN13: 9780440219361
Condition: New
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Book Review: Nightjohn is the best slavery book.
Summary: 5 Stars

Do you like slavery books? If you do, you got to check this out. This may be the best slavery book ever. This book is called Nightjohn by: Gary Paulsen. This book has lots of excitement in it and very interested in. You would like this book as much as I did. I mean when I saw the cover, I didn't really thought that it looks so cool, but you know how they say don't judge stuffs by its cover. This book has sadness, full of meanness in this book. If you read this book, you'll know how it felt or was back then.
In this book there were two main characters. Nightjohn, and Sarny. Nightjohn is an African American guy, who tries to teach slaves how to read and write. Sarny is an African American girl who is brave and tough enough to learn how to read and write. There's one more guy. He's the meanest man on earth. He's dangerous, mean, and disgusting. This guys name is Waller. The meanest, and most dangerous man in the world. All these things happened in the southern United States. Waller didn't allow anybody to know how to read and write. If he catches you learning that he'll torture you until you almost die. Back then nobody would teach the slaves how to read and write. Sarny wants to learn, but mammy doesn't let her, because of Waller.
People should read this book, because you should know how sad or mad they were. They were tortured and force to do work. You should read it so you'll know how to treat other people. Being a slave is like being bullied and getting tortured with whips or with other weapons. Having slaves is not cool, it's racism. I mean who would do that stuff to other people that who is different from you and different religion from you. If you care you should check this out. Remember Nightjohn by: Gary Paulsen. Thanks for reading my book review.

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Summary of Nightjohn

"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --Nightjohn

"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn." -- Sarny

Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars.

He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn.

Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.

Imagine being beaten for learning to read, shackled and whipped for learning a few letters of the alphabet. Now, imagine a man brave enough to risk torture in order to teach others how to read; his name is Nightjohn, and he sneaks into the slave camps at night to teach other slaves how to read and write. Celebrated author Gary Paulsen writes a searing meditation on why the ability to read and write is radical, empowering , and so necessary to our freedom. These skills threaten our oppressors because they allow us to communicate--to learn the real status of our slavery and to seek liberation. In this tightly written, painful, joyous little novel is a key that may unlock the power of reading for even the most reluctant teens.

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