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Cane Warriors
- Author
- Alex Wheatle
- Narrator
- Noel Arthur
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 20 October 2020
- Run Time
- 4 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men
What to expect
Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugarcane plantation
for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an
uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom
of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and his
friend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time
is ticking as the day of the uprising approaches . . .
Irresistible, gripping, and unforgettable, CANE WARRIORS follows the true story of Tacky’s
War in Jamaica, 1760.
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Details
- Author
- Alex Wheatle
- Narrator
- Noel Arthur
- Duration
- 4 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9781705010020
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men
Synopsis
NOBODY FREE TILL EVERYBODY FREE.Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugarcane plantationfor endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of anuprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedomof all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and hisfriend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Timeis ticking as the day of the uprising approaches . . .Irresistible, gripping, and unforgettable, CANE WARRIORS follows the true story of Tacky’sWar in Jamaica, 1760.
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