: Nightjohn es una conmovedora novela de Gary Paulsen que narra la historia de Sarny, una joven esclava, y Nightjohn, un esclavo que escap� al norte en busca de la libertad pero regres� para ense�ar a otros a leer. Ambientada en la d�cada de 1850, la novela explora los peligros y el poder transformador de la alfabetizaci�n en una �poca en la que la lectura para los esclavos estaba prohibida bajo pena de desmembramiento. Sarny arriesga su vida para aprender de Nightjohn, destacando la importancia del conocimiento y la resistencia en la lucha contra la opresi�n. EAN: 9788484530039 Tipo: Libros Categor�a: Infantil y Juvenil|Literatura y Ficci�n T�tulo: Nightjohn Autor: Gary Paulsen Editorial: Ediciones del Bronce Idioma: es-ES P�ginas: 72 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Title: Nightjohn
Publisher: Ediciones del Bronce
Publication Date: 2000
Language: Spanish
ISBN 10: 8484530035
ISBN 13: 9788484530039
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." -- Nightjohn"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn."--SarnySarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars.He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn.Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.From the Hardcover edition.

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