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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

ISBN
  
978-0-7636-2950-2

Originally published
  
14 October 2008

Genre
  
Young adult fiction

Country
  
United States of America

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Publication date
  
October 14, 2008

Pages
  
592 pp

OCLC
  
192080654

Author
  
Matthew Tobin Anderson

Publisher
  
Candlewick Press

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Preceded by
  
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party

Similar
  
Matthew Tobin Anderson books, Young adult fiction books, African Americans books

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (2008) is a historical novel written for young adults by M. T. Anderson and published by Candlewick in 2008, and a sequel to Volume I: The Pox Party (2006). The American Library Association named it a Printz Honor Book, one of four runners up for the annual Michael L. Printz Award recognizing literary excellence in books for young adults.

Contents

Characters

  • Octavian: A boy of African descent, and technically a slave in the Gitney household, although he is brought up in luxury for much of his childhood. He is very skilled at the violin, quiet, and is fluent in Latin, French, and Greek.
  • Mr. Gitney (03-01): The head of the Novanglian College of Lucidity, a group of scientists and philosophers, and the owner of Octavian.
  • Dr. Trefusis (09-01): Octavian's classics teacher.
  • Bono: A slave in the Gitney house whose full name is "Pro Bono". Bono and Octavian become good friends, until Bono is sold South, at which point he leaves a house key for Octavian in case Octavian ever wants to escape. After Bono is sent south we learn that he has escaped his new master.

    • Analysis

    A School Library Journal article states that when viewed within the framework of Gothic fiction, the Novanglian College of Lucidity can be equated with the "Gothic Castle" and the professors with "monsters".

    References

    The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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