The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (Hardcover) by M T Anderson

from katiebobus

Loving this perhaps even more than the amazing first book. There are passages I keep rereading because they are so beautiful and true. And it is fascinating from a historical social perspective: I'm learning so much about what it might have been like to be black during the Revolutionary War. So i...

from CBJames

The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson continues the saga of Octavian Nothing, escaped slave and would-be-revolutionary. Octavian has fled his owners at the strange College of Lucidity and joined the rebels digging fortifications at Bunker Hill across the water from Boston. Unfortunately, he i...

from Awesomeness1

have to admit that I was very reluctant to read this book. It's been on my to-read list since it came out, and I would repeatedly pass it by in the library. Eventually, it stared me down and I was forced to check it out. The reason I kept putting it off was because I didn't particularly enjoy the...

from horomnizon

Wow! Not sure there's much else to say. A great story continues and this is a side of history that I don't ever recall hearing about. A pleasure to read - although the language can be a tad difficult. Adults and smart youths shouldn't have trouble figuring out what some of the unusual words mean ...

from JFBallenger

An absolutely brilliant sequel to the first volume -- explores the ambiguity of "liberty" for African Americans fighting on both sides of the rebellion of the North American colonies. Together the two books are a rich and persuasive imagining, steeped in historical detail, of the African American...