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Chasing the Nightbird /

In 1851 New Bedford, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Cape Verdean sailor Lucky Valera is kidnapped by his estranged half-brother and forced to work in a mill, but while Lucky is plotting his escape he meets a former slave and a young Quaker girl who influence his plans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Krista
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Atlanta : Peachtree, [2011]
Subjects:
Sailors > Fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Fiction.
Abolitionists > Fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Cabo Verdean Americans > Fiction.
Massachusetts > History > 1775-1865 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Sailors > Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Juvenile fiction.
Abolitionists > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Cabo Verdean Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts > History > 1775-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts > History > Fiction.
Description
Summary:In 1851 New Bedford, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Cape Verdean sailor Lucky Valera is kidnapped by his estranged half-brother and forced to work in a mill, but while Lucky is plotting his escape he meets a former slave and a young Quaker girl who influence his plans.
Physical Description:200 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781561455973
1561455970