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TextPublisher: London : Walker Books, 2014Copyright date: 2014Description: 357 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781406314595; 1406314595Subject(s): African American girls -- Fiction | West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Young adult fiction. LOC classification: PR6112.A537 | B85 2014Also issued online.Summary: "What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one. That's who. At the end of the American Civil War, Charley - a young African-American slave from the deep south - is ostensibly freed. But then her adopted mother is raped and lynched at the hands of a mob and Charley is left alone. In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of a person's skin can bring violent death, Charley disguises herself as a man and joins the army. Soon she's being sent to the prairies to fight a whole new war against the 'savage Indians'. Trapped in a world of injustice and inequality, it's only when Charley is posted to Apache territory that she begins to learn what it is to be truly free"--Publishers website http://www.walker.co.uk.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Books | Main Library Fiction | F .L257 2014 | Available | 32736 |
"What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one. That's who. At the end of the American Civil War, Charley - a young African-American slave from the deep south - is ostensibly freed. But then her adopted mother is raped and lynched at the hands of a mob and Charley is left alone. In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of a person's skin can bring violent death, Charley disguises herself as a man and joins the army. Soon she's being sent to the prairies to fight a whole new war against the 'savage Indians'. Trapped in a world of injustice and inequality, it's only when Charley is posted to Apache territory that she begins to learn what it is to be truly free"--Publishers website http://www.walker.co.uk.
Also issued online.