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.

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• Children's eBooksLiterature & FictionHistorical FictionUnited States1800s
• Teen & Young AdultLiterature & FictionGeography & CulturesUnited StatesAfrican American & Black

• Publication Date: December 2, 2008
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• Print Length: 273 Pages
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