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(More customer reviews)I haven't read a good teen action story in a long time, but this one filled the bill and then some. It's filled with teen angst, action, and pathos, as Nate makes a long journey on horseback. He starts out as an emancipated slave, an underfed boy, and grows to macho manhood on his trek from North Carolina to Texas. According to the author, the treatment Nate gets from both blacks and whites along the way is historically, and sometimes tragically, accurate. Crews is a wonderful writer and kept me reading into the night. There is some whimsy in it, as Nate meets a few interesting characters from other novels. Crews integrates them into the story and it works.
This is a great action story for teens of all races, colors and backgrounds, not just for the historical or racial aspects. It's just a great teen adventure that everyone can enjoy.
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As the Civil War drew to a close, one young slave is catapulted into the journey of a lifetime. The death and destruction of the American Civil War did not reach many of the isolated southern plantations until the South had already been knocked to its knees. Overnight, slaves and slaveholders, alike, were catapulted into a new and traumatic existence. For the slaveholders it meant an end to their civilization of gallantry, knighthood, pretty belles and dutiful slaves. For the slaves it meant a new life of confusion and havoc borne by generations of total dependence on their white masters. The Emancipation of Nate Bynum probes the trauma, confusion and havoc of seventeen-year-old Nate Bynum after the death of his master, Jacob Bodine. The War is at its end, but the journey for this young slave is only beginning. To save his sisters and take them to freedom, Nate will tempt fate in an uncertain world. Texas, the 'New South', is his destination.
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