This powerful story of slavery tells the tale of 13-year-old Jesse, snatched from the docks of New Orleans and thrown aboard a slave ship to play his fife so the captured slaves will dance and keep their muscles strong. Jesse yearns for an end to the horrors, but one final horror awaits him. 1974 Newbery Medal.

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The widow's children - A HENRY ROBBINS BOOK #
The village by the sea
Desperate characters
The god of nightmares
One-eyed cat