The slave dancer

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"Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier earns a few pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans. One night, on his way home, a canvas is thrown over his head and he’s knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, Jessie finds himself aboard a slave ship, bound for Africa. There, the Moonlight picks up ninety-eight black prisoners, and the men, women, and children, chained hand and foot, are methodically crammed into the ship’s hold. Jessie’s job is to provide music for the slaves to dance to on the ship’s deck—not for amusement but for exercise, as a way to keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable. Over the course of the long voyage, Jessie grows more and more sickened by the greed of the sailors and the cruelty with which the slaves are treated. But it’s one final horror, when the Moonlight nears her destination, that will change Jessie forever." --publisher's website
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Child musicians
Impressment
Slave trade
Transatlantic slave trade

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Contributors

Curtis, Christopher Paul Author of introduction, etc
Fox, Paula Author
Fox, Paula Author
Guidall, George Narrator
Keith, Eros illustrator

ISBN

9780878880621
9780004404028
9781504037402
9780689845055
9781442039568
9780739364321
9781490656168
9781416971399
9780440961321

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Level 6, 6 Points

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910L

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