The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner): A Novel

The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner): A Novel

Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith
A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year

â€œA magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride.â€ â€“cover review of The New York Times Book Review
â€œOutrageously entertaining.â€ â€“USA Today
â€œJames McBride delivers another tour de forceâ€ â€“Essence
â€œSo imaginative, youâ€™ll race to the finish.â€ â€“NPR.org
â€œWildly entertaining.â€â€”4-star People lead review
"A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel.â€ â€“ Washington Post
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Look out for McBride's new book, Five-Carat Soul

From the bestselling author of The Color of Water, Song Yet Sung, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography, comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brownâ€™s antislavery crusadeâ€”and who must pass as a girl to survive.

Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henryâ€™s master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave townâ€”with Brown, who believes heâ€™s a girl.

Over the ensuing months, Henryâ€”whom Brown nicknames Little Onionâ€”conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859â€”one of the great catalysts for the Civil War.

An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBrideâ€™s meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
Country USA
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-08-20
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-08-20
Format	Kindle eBook

The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner): A Novel

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