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Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle

Cane Warriors

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Alex Wheatle

WW Norton · Ebook · October 27, 2020

Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world.

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Who it’s for
A tense, intimate account of rebellion, enslavement, and the desire to be free.
Genres
Caribbean & Latin America for Teens, War & Military YA, Prejudice & Racism for Teens
Published
WW Norton, October 27, 2020

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About this book

Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world. Winner of a 2021 Young Quills Award for Best Historical Fiction “Wheatle brings the struggle of slavery in the Jamaican sugar cane fields to life . . . A refreshing and heartbreaking story that depicts both a real-life uprising against oppression and the innate desire to be free.

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Highly recommended.” —School Library Journal, Starred Review NOBODY FREE TILL EVERYBODY FREE. 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.

Freedom in Focus

A tense, intimate account of rebellion, enslavement, and the desire to be free.

Come here for

  • A young person’s view of Tacky’s War and the fight for freedom
  • Historical fiction rooted in Jamaica’s 1760 uprising

Expect

  • Moa’s perspective on a pivotal uprising in Jamaican history
  • A stark look at the struggle against slavery

Where it sits

War & Military YA43%
Caribbean & Latin America for Teens35%
Prejudice & Racism for Teens33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Stories About Boys & Men
  • Historical YA
  • Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
Authors
Alex Wheatle
Publisher
WW Norton
Published
October 27, 2020
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
YA Stories About Boys & Men