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47 - Paperback

47 - Paperback

by Walter Mosley
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by Walter Mosley (Author)

Master storyteller Walter Mosley deftly mixes speculative and historical fiction in this daring New York Times bestselling novel, reminiscent of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.

47 is a young slave boy living under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed until he meets a mysterious runaway slave, Tall John. 47 finds himself swept up in a struggle for his own liberation.

Author Biography

Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series of mysteries, as well as numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction. He has won the Anisfield-Wolf award, a Grammy Award, and in 2004 received a PEN USA lifetime achievement award. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York.

Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: November 01, 2006
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: 47
Interest Level: Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 8
ISBN9780316016353
Author Walter Mosley
PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages272
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

Related Subjects

Young Adult Fantasy Young Adult Fiction Young Adults

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About Walter Mosley

WALTER MOSLEY is one of America's most celebrated writers. He was given the 2020 National Book Award's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, and honored with the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, the Robert Kirsch Award, numerous Edgars, and several NAACP Image Awards. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages. He has published fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker, Playboy, and The Nation. As an executive producer, he adapted his novel The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey for AppleTV+. He co-wrote the adaptation of his novel The Man in My Basement to stream on Hulu, and he served as a writer and executive producer for FX's Snowfall. He divides his time between Brooklyn and Santa Monica.

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