The Good Lord Bird
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Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at the height of the slavery debate in mid-nineteenth-century Kansas Territory, Henry pretends to be a girl to hide his identity throughout the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
award:national_book_award=2013award:national_book_award=fictionFictionFugitive slavesAbolitionistsHistoryFiction, historicalSlaves, fictionWest virginia, fictionHarpers Ferry (W. Va.)American literatureFiction, historical, general