The Slave Dancer (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Fox, Paula

ISBN 10: 0881035394 ISBN 13: 9780881035391

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1997

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a 13-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slave ship and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

About this title

From the Publisher

Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, thirteen-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he must play his fife so that captured slaves will "dance," and keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable.

Jessie is sickened by the horrible practices of the slave business. But they are nothing compared to the one final horror that Jessie will witness. Can the cruelty be stopped? And will it be too late when it does?

From the Back Cover

"Fox has woven a spellbinding tale of suspense and survival that will horrify as well as fascinate..."

-- Library Journal (starred review)

"A story that movingly and realistically presents one of the most gruesome chapters of history, with all the violence, inhuman conditions, and bestial aspects of human nature -- exposed but never exploited in Fox's graphic, documentary prose."

-- Booklist (starred review)

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0881035394
• ISBN 13: 9780881035391
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Eros Keith