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Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of freedom.
A gripping Young Adult fiction debut by bestselling author Walter Mosley.
Walter Mosley is one of the best known writers in America. In his first book for young adults, Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the natur...more
A gripping Young Adult fiction debut by bestselling author Walter Mosley.
Walter Mosley is one of the best known writers in America. In his first book for young adults, Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the natur...more
Published November 1st 2006 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (first published 2005)
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Jul 07, 2007Alvina rated it really liked it
One of the most original books I've ever read. Combines historical fiction and science fiction. This is the first Walter Mosley book I've ever read, and I must say, he's incredible.
I enjoyed much of this story but struggled with sci-fi alongside slavery. Human beings were/are quite capable of recognizing that there is no master of humans without an alien telling us so. Still, I was turning the pages wondering how Mosley would pull all the threads through the narrative.
Jan 01, 2019Lark Benobi added it · review of another edition
This YA novel was a unique mix of 1) a realistic story of the despair and horror of plantation slavery, & 2) a fantasy about a benevolent alien who comes to Earth to empower a slave boy with supernatural longevity and wisdom, so that he can save the world. It's kind of like combining 12 Years A Slave with Mary Poppins. And I'm coming to understand that Walter Mosley can write anything at all and I'll love it.
Aug 10, 2008Kelley added it · review of another edition
Dredging the archives of my old YA blog--from back in the day when I was a YA para-librarian. Awesome!
47 is a young slave on a Georgia plantation. When he is 14 years old, he is sent to work in the cotton fields, branded with the number 47, the only name he’s ever known. One day he meets Tall John, another slave boy, escaped from a nearby plantation. “I say that he was colored, but not like any Negro I’d known. His skin was the color of highly polished brass but a little darker, a little like c...more
47 is a young slave on a Georgia plantation. When he is 14 years old, he is sent to work in the cotton fields, branded with the number 47, the only name he’s ever known. One day he meets Tall John, another slave boy, escaped from a nearby plantation. “I say that he was colored, but not like any Negro I’d known. His skin was the color of highly polished brass but a little darker, a little like c...more
Feb 07, 2011J rated it liked it
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May 19, 2008lyndsey rated it really liked it Shelves: revolutionary-fiction-non-fiction, youngadult, most-fantastical
man, i really liked this book. it was the first book i read since butler's kindred that combined the telling of sci-fi with historical slavery of the US. i read it in one day and felt like it was a bit unfinished, but i enjoyed it along the way immensely. i would totally recommend it to folks that like young adult sci-fi.
May 12, 2014Alexia Lewis rated it it was amazing Shelves: 6-star-reads, african-american, beautifully-written, classic-would-read-again-and-again, scifi-fantasy, favorites
This story was amazing I absolutely loved it!
It was many things to me, so I will just say 'Enchanting, engrossing, magnificent and necessary. A veracious account on more levels than one.'
It was many things to me, so I will just say 'Enchanting, engrossing, magnificent and necessary. A veracious account on more levels than one.'
Jul 03, 2008Terry rated it it was ok
Just as bad as Runner by Carl Deuker, but in completely the opposite way--this novel aims high...but falls flat. Title refers to the number branded on a young slave, unnamed, who becomes a messiah for the enslaved and takes on a supernatural being. After an initial back-story that feels more educational than real (47's mom was slaveowner's wife's favorite slave--the slaveowner hates 47 but has promised to take care of him--real stuff, shunted off to the side), the protagonist meets a runaway sla...more
This book is about slaves and how they worked in early America. Main characters in this book are slave number 47, Tall John(12), Big mama Flore, Mud Albert,slave number 84, White master Tobias, Mr Steward. All slaves are working in Corinthian plantation in Georgia. Number 47 is the main character in this story who is 14 years old and is son of a slave woman who also worked at the plantation but died few years ago. Big mama Flore raised 47 and loved him like his own son. Tall John is a run away s...more
Mar 10, 2010CH _Kenya Walker rated it it was amazing
47 by Walter Dean Meyer's is a gripping tale about a young slave boy whose known only as 47. He has an abusive master that keeps a close watchful eye on him making escape almost impossible. Until 47 meets a run away slave called Tall John who is as mysterious as his name. Tall John read dreams, fly between galaxies and make friends with any kind of animal. As the two becomes fast friends 47 gets wrapped up in Tall John's mysterious otherworldly activities and begins a personal pursuit of his own...more
What I especially liked about this book was the positioning of the central character as both a person experiencing slavery and as someone who is part of a broader context and experience. Mosley weaves discussions about the meaning of freedom and humanity into a narrative that centers on a young boy's struggle for freedom from slavery but includes another story with aliens and saving the universe... The alien and his world brought me back, a bit, to the trippy aliens in another of Mosley's sci-fi...more
I'm really not sure what to make of this book. It is listed as a juvenile fiction book, but I definitely think it is more suitable for a young adult audience. There is some very graphic content. The book is about slavery, and what it truly means to be free. But, it is also a fantasy novel. I was actually really liking the story, until it got really deep into the fantasy stuff. The fantasy stuff is just confusing and weird. No other way to put it, just plain weird. However, I would recommend this...more
Sep 18, 2017Saleh MoonWalker rated it liked it Shelves: historical, young-adult, fantasy, fiction, cultural
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Not entirely sure how I feel about this book.
47 is a plantation field slave, forbidden to have a name of his own -- he is simply assigned a number. He lives a life of downtrodden misery until the mysterious Tall John arrives at the plantation. He refuses to think of himself as a slave and claims that freedom comes from within. This is not a typical historic account of slavery. Tall John has a mysterious background and odd magical gadgets he carries in a carpet bag. This is a very unusual hybrid of history and science fiction. Read-alikes:...more
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Jul 25, 2010Beverly rated it it was okRecommended to Beverly by: YALSA
I am not sure what to say about 47. It is a very good book, but as I read it, I kept expecting it to be better. I am a huge Walter Mosley fan, so maybe my expectations were too high. I wanted a young adult novel dealing with slavery to knock my socks off or leave me speechless. I think Mr. Mosley did a great job describing the propaganda/brainwashing that was so prevalent in the south and an even greater job of explaining how evil that kind of thinking was. I found the characters interesting but...more
Walter Mosley's depiction of slavery and a human capacity for both freedom and brutality is portrayed vividly in 47. Mosley's ability to illustrate the interconnectedness of life raises questions about the capacity of the mind to transcend conditions of a current reality in order to move towards a future that stands in stark contrast to that which is often perceived as normative. Mosley's articulation of plantation life in 1832 contradicts a belief that the lynching of blacks in mass numbers was...more
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This is a gripping, bone-tingling, spellbinding story about a boy who rises out of slavery with the help of his magical, mysterious new friend. As the story progresses, he slowly tears himself away from predjudices, as well. This incredible tale is part fantasy, part historical fiction, and 100% worth reading!!!!
A sci-fi/fantasy, YA slave narrative. A unique telling of the High John the Conqueror tale, but a little too fantastic for me: Little beings from another planet have found on Earth (in the form of a slave, number 47) the one man who can save all the good beings of the universe from total destruction.
Feb 20, 2018Melissa Jacobson rated it really liked it Shelves: action, drool-worthy-cover, fantasy, fiction, four-stars, historical-fiction, paranormal, science-fiction, stand-alone-books
This was one of the weirdest books I have read in a long long time, and I really enjoyed this book because of that. My only complaint is that the ending was extremely abrupt and on the whole this story felt rushed. That aside though the concept, characters, and sci-fi/fantasy elements were spot on so I do recommend this book. This wasn't an easy read but it left an impact.
Mar 04, 2017Don Kathke rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Awesome Mosley book!
Another side to Walter Mosley. Fiction; but filled with truth and lessons. Was it coincidence that I read this book in February. Maybe not!
Another side to Walter Mosley. Fiction; but filled with truth and lessons. Was it coincidence that I read this book in February. Maybe not!
Simply magnificent. Brilliant writing. Exceptional storytelling. This is perfect.
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The book 47 written by Walter Mosley was a very interesting story. The reason why this wasn't my favorite book is that the language was very disturbing and it isn't my style of a genre. But overall, it was an okay book showing how much detail there was in the book. Reading this book showed me what it was like being a slave and how much slaves suffered back in the day. I learned some things throughout the book like, what roles slaves had, how they treated one another. As shown, the book wasn't th...more
Mar 30, 2018Michelle Hendricks rated it liked it · review of another edition
Hmm, how to begin. This is my fourth Mosley book. They always feel like a bit of a runaway freight train that sucks you onto the tracks.
This was his first YA book and you know how I love that! It’s also about slavery in the South in the 1830’s and a young boy named 47 (his slave #). It’s also about an alien, N’clect, who left his planet 3,000 years prior because a machine made of glass named, Queziastril, answered N’clect’s question (each citizen only gets one) and showed him 47’s image. 47 is...more
This was his first YA book and you know how I love that! It’s also about slavery in the South in the 1830’s and a young boy named 47 (his slave #). It’s also about an alien, N’clect, who left his planet 3,000 years prior because a machine made of glass named, Queziastril, answered N’clect’s question (each citizen only gets one) and showed him 47’s image. 47 is...more
Oct 30, 2008Conor rated it it was ok
There were times when I read this book and thought it was on of the most well written books I've ever read. Then there were the really confusing parts of it that made it rather tedius and confusing. It's an interesting combination of genres. It's mixed with slight historical fiction, sci-fi, African American folklore, and history. I did enjoy it for the most part, and liked how everything ended up.
The book is about slave '47', his only identity known. When he becomes of that age he is taken from...more
The book is about slave '47', his only identity known. When he becomes of that age he is taken from...more
Jul 31, 2009Jill rated it liked it
It's clear that Mosley is a great writer, and has much to say. This short book was marketed for teens, but is equally readable by adults. On the surface it can be read as surrealist fantasy set in the days of slavery, an adventure story using the best of magical realism. But the themes that one finds when one digs deeper are the truth about what makes one a 'slave' or 'master' beyond the altogether real whips and chains and skin color. Can you be chained at night and still be free? I thought thi...more
Working in the fields was tough because the slaves didn’t get to choose what to do as a job. Also, working in the fields was the worst because it was so hard to pick cotton and it could be painful too. In the historical fiction book 47 by Walter Mosley, the theme of the book is that everyone should be treated fairly, no matter what color skin they have.
I think this is true because on page 204 when they got free they said, “free to do what we wanted to do. Freedom - what every slave dreamed abou...more
I think this is true because on page 204 when they got free they said, “free to do what we wanted to do. Freedom - what every slave dreamed abou...more
I didn't realize this was a YA novel when I got it based on the premise on the back - a slave on a cotton plantation in the 1830s is visited by a mysterious stranger named Tall John who has mysterious powers. And our hero lives to modern day, not aging.
Well, I was expecting more introspection from a modern standpoint and less action - I wanted Tall John to not explain himself, and Beyond Africa to remain a mystery to the reader.
Maybe I wouldn't be disappointed if I had known going in that it was...more
Well, I was expecting more introspection from a modern standpoint and less action - I wanted Tall John to not explain himself, and Beyond Africa to remain a mystery to the reader.
Maybe I wouldn't be disappointed if I had known going in that it was...more
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Walter Mosley (b. 1952) is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, as well as numerous other works, from literary fiction and science fiction to a young adult novel and political monographs. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation, among other publications. Mosley is the winner of numero...more
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