47 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316016353)

Master storyteller Walter Mosley deftly mixes speculative and historical fiction in this daring New York Times bestselling novel, reminiscent of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.

47 is a young slave boy living under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed until he meets a mysterious runaway slave, Tall John. 47 finds himself swept up in a struggle for his own liberation.

Author: Walter Mosley
ISBN-10: 0316016357
ISBN-13: 9780316016353
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 87689 / 47


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/01/2007 pg. 52

About the Author
Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series of mysteries, as well as numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction. He has won the Anisfield-Wolf award, a Grammy Award, and in 2004 received a PEN USA lifetime achievement award. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York.