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Washington Black : a novel / Esi Edugyan.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443423380 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1443423386
- Physical Description: 419 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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| Subject: | Fugitive slaves > Fiction. Slavery > Fiction. Naturalists > Fiction. Flying-machines > Fiction. Barbados > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Popular Reads Canada Reads 2022 shortlist |
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- 84 of 90 copies available at Sitka.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Creston Public Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 35140100041691 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F EDU (Text) | DCL173702 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Elkford Public Library | FC EDU (Text) | 35170000426080 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 35136000548371 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 35246000959823 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | EDU (Text) | 35196001021174 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | AF EDU (Text) | 35211000375461 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | AF EDU (Text) | 35211000580342 | ADULT Fiction | Available | - | |
| Galiano Island Community Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 33127000148264 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Glenwood and Souris Regional Library | F EDUGYAN 2018 (Text) | 367640000144079 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
