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Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier earns a few pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans. One night, on his way home, a canvas is thrown over his head and he’s knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, Jessie finds himself aboard a slave ship, bound for Africa. There, the Moonlight picks up ninety-eight black prisoners, and the men, women, and children, chained hand and foot, are methodically crammed into the ship’s hold. Jessie’s job is to provide music for the slaves to dance to on the ship’s deck—not for amusement but for exercise, as a way to to keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable.
Over the course of the long voyage, Jessie grows more and more sickened by the greed of the sailors and the cruelty with which the slaves are treated. But it’s one final horror, when the Moonlight nears her destination, that will change Jessie forever.
Set during the middle of the nineteenth century, when the illegal slave trade was at its height, The Slave Dancer not only tells a vivid and shocking story of adventure and survival, but depicts the brutality of slavery with unflinching historical accuracy.
- Paula Fox - Author
- Christopher Paul Curtis - Author of introduction, etc.
Kindle Book
- Release date: June 28, 2016
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781504037402
- File size: 637 KB
- Release date: June 28, 2016
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- ISBN: 9781504037402
- File size: 2579 KB
- Release date: June 28, 2016
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English
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Lexile® Measure:910
Text Difficulty:4-5
Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier earns a few pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans. One night, on his way home, a canvas is thrown over his head and he’s knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, Jessie finds himself aboard a slave ship, bound for Africa. There, the Moonlight picks up ninety-eight black prisoners, and the men, women, and children, chained hand and foot, are methodically crammed into the ship’s hold. Jessie’s job is to provide music for the slaves to dance to on the ship’s deck—not for amusement but for exercise, as a way to to keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable.
Over the course of the long voyage, Jessie grows more and more sickened by the greed of the sailors and the cruelty with which the slaves are treated. But it’s one final horror, when the Moonlight nears her destination, that will change Jessie forever.
Set during the middle of the nineteenth century, when the illegal slave trade was at its height, The Slave Dancer not only tells a vivid and shocking story of adventure and survival, but depicts the brutality of slavery with unflinching historical accuracy.
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Publisher:
Open Road Media
Kindle Book
Release date: June 28, 2016
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9781504037402
File size: 637 KB
Release date: June 28, 2016
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9781504037402
File size: 2579 KB
Release date: June 28, 2016
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Creators
- Paula Fox - Author
- Christopher Paul Curtis - Author of introduction, etc.
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Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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Levels
Lexile® Measure: 910
Text Difficulty: 4-5
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