Nightjohn is a young adult novel by Gary Paulsen, first published in 1993.[1] It is about slavery in the American South shortly before the time of the American Civil War. It was later made into a movie of the same name.
[edit] Plot summary
The novel is set on a plantation in the Southern United States in the 1850s. The narrator and protagonist of the story is a young African-American slave named Sarny, who is taught to read and write by another slave, Nightjohn, also known as John. It was followed by a sequel called Sarny, a Life Remembered in 1997.
[edit] Film adaptation
The novel was adapted as a TV film which aired on the Disney Channel starring Carl Lumbly as John and Beau Bridges as the slaveholder. It was directed by Charles Burnett.[2]
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| Culpepper Adventures |
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| The Tucket Adventures |
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