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Rebel Cargo

Rebel Cargo

by JamesRiordan (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $11.66
Synopsis

Abena is a rebellious Ashanti girl sold into slavery on the notorious Transatlantic route from West Africa to Jamaica. Mungo is an English orphan who becomes a cabin boy, only to be kidnapped and sold as a white slave. Fate brings the two together and Mungo, risking life and limb, saves Abena from a terrible death. Together they escape and set out towards the Blue Mountains - where rumours tell of a stronghold of runaway slaves ruled by a legendary leader called Nanny. But can Abena and Mungo slip through the hordes of Redcoats and baying bloodhounds sent to drag them back... ? Based on historical events, the novel unflinchingly describes the conditions of black and also white slavery in the 18th century, when profits took precedence over human life, and ends on a strong note of hope.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 300
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 01 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 1845075250
ISBN 13: 9781845075255

Media Reviews
This is a book to read at a time when the national myopia over what slavery entailed is challenged as never before. -- Nick Tucker Independent A sobering, compelling and ultimately heart-warming read, Rebel Cargo offers much to mature secondary readers keen to explore this shameful period in our history. www.writeaway.org.uk Readers will likely flinch when reading Rebel Cargo, but the hopeful ending will leave most with a better feeling and with plenty of food for thought. School Librarian Fearlessly explores the cruelty and gruesome reality of the slave trade while relating a truly thrilling adventure story. Ultimately the book conveys a true sense of the indomitability of the human spirit. Booktrust
Author Bio
James Riordan travelled the world collecting folktales and published over thirty volumes of tales from different countries. The Twelve Labours of Hercules won the UK Reading Association Award 1998. He was Emeritus Professor at the University of Surry and Visiting Professor at the University of Worcester, as well as holding honorary degrees from Birmingham, London, Moscow and Grenoble. He regularly reviewed children's books for The Times., and his autobiography, Comrade Jim: the spy who played for Spartak, was published in 2008 by Fourth Estate. He also wrote ten novels for young people. His first, Sweet Clarinet, won the NASEN award in 1999 and was nominated for the Whitbread Prize in 1998. Match of Death won the South Lanarkshire Book Award in 2004, and The Gift was nominated for the NASEN award in 2006. He published a novel on slavery, Rebel Cargo, with Frances Lincoln in 2007. James Riordan died in 2012.