James   McBride
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found ,here,From the bestselling author of ,The Color of Water ,and ,Song Yet Sung ,comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brownâ€™s antislavery crusadeâ€”and who must pass as a girl to survive., Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henryâ€™s master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave townâ€”with Brown, who believes heâ€™s a girl., Over the ensuing months, Henryâ€”whom Brown nicknames Little Onionâ€”conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859â€”one of the great catalysts for the Civil War., An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBrideâ€™s meticulous eye for detail and character, ,The Good Lord Bird ,is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
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The Good Lord Bird