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by: M.T. Anderson  List Price: $17.99 Price: $8.56 You Save: $9.43 (52%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Label: Candlewick Manufacturer: Candlewick Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: September 12, 2006 Publisher: Candlewick Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: September 12, 2006 Studio: Candlewick Related Items:
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 Rating:  - "F" ed up.I knew some of the historical references when I read this but not all. This book goes to a dark dark place. I love the argument at the end. This book is a powerhouse. Rating:  - Interesting, but could have been better.M. T. Anderson, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, vol. I: The Pox Party (Candlewick, 2006) While The Pox Party does take a while to get underway, it's quite an absorbing little book once it does. Anderson gives us the beginnings of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of Octavian, an educated slave from Boston who only gradually becomes aware that he is a slave. Once he does, things start moving. Note that this seems to be a love-it-or-hate ... Read More Rating: - Challenging look at Race and 'Science"By juxtaposing the French and American Revolutions with the scientific revolution the flaws and strengths of revolution are demonstrated. The scientific method's misuse is very well shown. Octavian has a real, thoughtful, insightful voice and one is able to see things as he sees them. I have recommended the book to many of my high school students and they have been drawn in by the story it tells.They have thought and read more about the period. It has also sparked some great conversations. Rating: - Brilliant and challenging!I read this book a year ago and my twelve year old son just finished it. This book is not for every reader, but it is brilliant and extremely well written. The style of writing helps with the atmosphere of the story. It is not written(thank goodness) in a Dick and Jane style, but rather in a style appropriate to the time in which the story takes place. It is not for the faint at heart or people who are just looking for a light read. It will challenge the reader not just with the way it was written, ... Read More Rating: - Can't wait for the sequelHere is yet another work of astonishing originality from M.T. Anderson that is a brilliant combination of history, science, strange family dynamics and gripping storytelling. WARNING: Set in pre-Revolutionary War America the use of arcane language and diction takes some getting used to. For HS and adult readers. Octavian and his mother are plucked from Africa for the slave trade but eventually end up as subjects of scientific experiment for a group of philosophers at the The Novanglian College of ... Read More 
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