The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
Written by M. T. Anderson
Published by Candlewick in 2008
384 pages.
Genre: Historical Fiction, Violence, Journey.
Summery: This is the story of a young male slave in pre-revolution America. He is raised in a scientific household, not knowing as a child that he is as much of an experiment as the strange chemicals. He is treated as brilliant at first, being taught latin and greek, science and mathematics. But then times change and he is, after all, a slave.
Response: Honestly, this book could make me hate historical fiction. The first part was freaky weird, but by the middle......it was still freaky weird. I skimmed a lot of it because it was gross and parts of the plot dragged. I don't think I would recommend it.
Word of Caution: Violence, slaves are treated as slaves, some language, graphic description of nasty things, and sexual references.
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