[.ca] Nightjohn (ISBN 0785736565)

From Amazon.com:
Imagine being beaten for learning to read, shackled and whipped for learning a few letters of the alphabet. Now, imagine a man brave enough to risk torture in order to teach others how to read; his name is Nightjohn, and he sneaks into the slave camps at night to teach other slaves how to read and write. Celebrated author Gary Paulsen writes a searing meditation on why the ability to read and write is radical, empowering , and so necessary to our freedom. These skills threaten our oppressors because they allow us to communicate--to learn the real status of our slavery and to seek liberation. In this tightly written, painful, joyous little novel is a key that may unlock the power of reading for even the most reluctant teens.

The Real Thing:
NightJohn was one of the few books that stuck in my mind. This book taught me to appriciate that I live in the time where we moslty always get along. This book is about a 10 year old African American slave that lives on the Waller plantation. people think she is dumb because she is quiet, but that is how she learn she listens and learn things. then one day while working on the roses in the garden by the "white house" where Sarny over heard that Mr. Waller bought a new slave. the wife said that he cost one thousand dollars. later that day there came Mr. Waller with a man nadked as the day he was born came to the main yard. then he just runns him in to the faild to start working. later that night he sits alone in a corner of the quaters. he asks for a lip of tobacco. since Sarny was working in the flower bed she had to chew and spit tobacco on the roses to keep the bugs away. she still had some left over and wonders what he could have to offer for he had nothing. then he says that he would trade it for letters. Sarny wondered what these "letters" he was talking about. will she trade or not?

Nightjohn:
Nightjohn is a very exiting book. This book is about a 14-year-old slave named Sarny who meets a slave who ran away to the north, but came back to teach slaves how to read. Sarny is very excited about learning to read. I would recommend this book to boys or girls 8-11 years old. I liked this book because it kept you on the edge of your seat.

Night john:
In Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen there were many interasting points.The book Nightjohn is about a man named Nightjohn. He has a daughter and her name is Lany. John saw a lady and he could not stop looking at her. His boss called him and he did not hear him. So then got wipped by his boss and Wallace helped him. When he met the woman he knew that was the one he would love. She liked him also but they couldn't get marred so then they jumped over the broom to symbolize marriage. Every time John got whipped wallace helped him.

NIGHT JOHN:
IN THE BOOK NIGHT JOHNBY GARY PAULSEN.THE PRISONER WAS GOING TO ESCAPE FROM JAIL BECAUSE HE WAS STUCK INJAIL FOR LIFE. THE OFFICER KEPT HIS EYE ON THE PRISONER SO HE WONT ESCAPE.THE PRISONER TRY TO USE AN ITEM TO CUT DOWN THE BAR BECAUSE HE WANTED TO ESCAPE. IT IS AN EXCITING BOOK THAT I WOULD RECOMEND TO ALL STUDENT.

Life of Slaves on a Plantation:
NIGHTJOHN "Nightjohn" was an extraordinary book about slaves and one slave, Sarny, who did what no one could do. After her mother was sold, she stayed with her mammy, but it was not her mother. She was the mother of the plantation children.The plantation was owned by Waller. Waller would not allow the slaves to read or write. Gary Paulson shows great details about life as a slave. Waller brought Nightjohn to the plantation. He was in chains and had scars on his back like someone had taken a cheese grater and ran down its back with it. Nightjohn wanted to teach Sarny to read and write and he did. It's a remarkable story about Sarny and her long road to read and write. Not only watching mammy and fellow slaves get whipped and punished, Sarny never gave up. She showed spirit and determination to overcome her goals.If I was a slave I would follow my dream like Sarny. If you like history about slaves then I recommend this book. GRADES 4th-12th should read this book.