Cane warriors
Wheatle, Alex, 1963-2020
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Jamaica, 1760. Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, has only ever known life on the Frontier sugarcane plantation. Awoken in the middle of the night, he hears that the rebel revolt will begin on Easter Sunday. They will fight for freedom, for themselves and other enslaved people in the nearby plantation. Before they can escape Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first task: kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson.
Main title:
Cane warriors / by Alex Wheatle.
Author:
Wheatle, Alex, 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Andersen Press, 2020.©2020.
Collation:
192 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"This story is based upon true events. I dedicate it to the might Tacky and his fellow cane warriors of 1760...." author's note, page [11].A deeply compelling story of courage, brotherhood and hope, Cane Warriors follows the true-life slave rebellion known as Tacky's War in 18th century Jamaica through the eyes of one boy.Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history.
Audience:
Secondary
ISBN:
9781783449873 (hardback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
394825
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Teenage Fiction | WHEATL | Available |