At a glance
- Published
- 2023
- Publisher
- Zest Books
- Subgenre
- Memoir
- Words
- 25,777
- Section
- Middle Grade
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
A found-verse biography built from the real words of Olaudah Equiano, an eighteenth-century enslaved man who bought his freedom and became a leading abolitionist writer.
- NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2024
Themes
Mood
Feels informative, inspiring, challenging.
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