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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously. Copyright © 2008 by M. T. Anderson Cover illustrations copyright © 2008 by The Menil Collection, Houston (detail from A Young Black by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1770); copyright © 2008 by the National Archives (engraving from painting by Richard Paton, ca. 1779-80) Map illustrations copyright © 2008 by Pier GustafsonAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.First electronic edition 2010The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:Anderson, M. T. The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. v. #2 The kingdom on the waves / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by Mr. M. T. Anderson of Boston. —1st ed. p. cm. Summary: After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force. ISBN 978-0-7636-2950-2 (hardcover) [1. African Americans—Juvenile fiction. 2. African Americans—Fiction. 3. Freedom — Fiction. 4. Slavery — Fiction. 5. United States — History —; Revolution, 1775–1783 — Naval operations, British — Juvenile Fiction. 6. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783 —Naval operations, British — Fiction. 7. Virginia —History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.A54395 Asu 2008 [Fic] — dc22 2008929919ISBN 978-0-7636-4626-4 (paperback) ISBN 978-0-7636-5179-4 (electronic)Candlewick Press 99 Dover Street Somerville, Massachusetts 02144visit us at www.candlewick.com
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[TABLE OF CONTENTS]ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST VOLUMEV.THE THEATER OF WARVI.The KINGDOM ON THE WAVESVII.MOTHERLANDVIII.THE HOUSE OF THE STRONGIX.THE REASONING ENGINEX.TABULA RASAAUTHOR’S NOTE
THE BOY OCTAVIAN IS RAISED IN A GAUNT HOUSE by men engaged in mysterious pursuits. It is revealed that the men of the house are philosophers pursuing subtle knowledge of the arts and ............

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