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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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- 86 of 90 copies available at Sitka.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sparwood Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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- 1 current hold with 0 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Sparwood Public Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 35172000252219 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF EDU (Text) | 35125000128243 | Canadian | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | F EDU (Text) | 35144000191556 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliothèque Ste-Anne Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 31511010023991 | English Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bowen Island Public Library | F EDU (Text) | 30947000540407 | Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-04-26 |
| Bren Del Win Centennial Library | F Edugyan (Text) | 36320000358614 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF EDU (Text) | 35198000663691 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 35146002105138 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Chetwynd Public Library | FIC EDU (Text) | 35222001017291 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Coquitlam College | BCCO 813.6 EDU c.1 HISTO (Text)
Genre / Type: Historical |
BCCO4124 | Fiction Shelves | Volume hold | Available | - |
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