The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. 1 The pox party [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston.
Electronic reproduction. Somerville Candlewick Press 2008 Available via World Wide Web.
Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection.
National Book Award, 2006.
Summary
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.