National Book AwardThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party
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The Kingdom on the Waves
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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.
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