Search results
Nightjohn is a 1993 historical fiction novel by American author Gary Paulsen. It is about Southern American slavery shortly before the time of the American Civil War. In 1996, it was later made into a movie of the same name.
Jan 1, 2001 · Gary Paulsen, best known for his wilderness survival novels, showcases a different kind of survival in the short book Nightjohn. Our narrator is a twelve-year-old slave named Sarny, who is bound to a plantation in the South.
Jan 1, 1995 · Sarny, 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.
- Gary Paulsen
Nightjohn is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Gary Paulsen. The story is told from the perspective of a young slave girl, as she faces the cruelty of life as a slave and learns to read and write.
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.
Aug 31, 2011 · 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...
The book Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen is about a girl named Sarny who is enslaved on a plantation. She is raised by Delie (Mammy). A man named NightJohn who is also enslaved on the same plantation started to teach Sarny how to read and write.
- Gary Paulsen
Jan 1, 1995 · 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.
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.
Feb 1, 1993 · NIGHTJOHN. by Gary Paulsen ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, 1993. bookshelf. shop now. A searing picture of slavery, sometime in the 19th century at an unspecified place in the South. Sarny, young enough not to have experienced the rape that will come inexorably with child- bearing age, tells how she learned to read, and at what cost.
