Cane Warriors

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book AwardWinner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris AwardLonglisted for the YA Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free.Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane 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, and the day of the uprising approaches . . .Irresistible, gripping and unforgettable, Cane Warriors follows the true story of Tacky's War in Jamaica, 1760.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Wheatle
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2021
• EAN: 9781839131127
• ISBN: 978-1-83913-112-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; Jamaica, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Violence, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / War & Military, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Relating to Black British Caribbean people, Relating to Black British African people, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, Children’s / Teenage: True stories told as fiction, Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage social issues: War and conflict issues, c 1760 to c 1769