The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party Summary
Matthew Tobin Anderson

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party Summary

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson, is an award-winning book about one extraordinary boy's early life and subsequent attempts to escape slavery in pre-revolutionary America. Octavian is the son of an African princess and through his early life, enjoys a great education and many luxuries at his master's College of Lucidity in Boston.

While he is cared for...

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