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Weight | 0.128 kg |
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Dimensions | 12.9 × 19.7 × 1.2 cm |
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Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 160 |
Language | English |
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Dewey | 972.92033092 (edition:23) |
Readership | Ages 5-12 / Code: B |
Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. In the sweltering heat Captain Shettlewood leads a troop of British soldiers through the thick trees towards the river. They are hunting slaves who have escaped from the brutal plantations. Their mission: to find them, and kill them. But up ahead, hidden among the rocks above the water, a group of men with cutlasses and muskets wait patiently for the instructions of their leader. Queen Nanny is a ‘wise woman’ with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerilla fighter with a genius for organisation. So the battle for Jamaica begins, the First Maroon War, in which the maroons – escaped slaves – will make a final, do-or-die stand against the slavers and soldiers of Empire.
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