03655cam a2200409 4500 233483104 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780739351611 0739351613 e49ad526-d3b7-497e-862c-ea32a89d99e4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 116803 OverDrive (Product ID) 116803 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Anderson, M.T. The Pox Party [Libby Audiobook] : The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation Series, Volume I. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 229MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 229MB. Anderson is a master at taking popular culture iconography, epic and historic themes, and likable characters, adding his own twist, and creating stories that are unique. In this first of a projected two-part saga, narrator Peter Francis James puts flesh on a slave boy being raised by a philosophical cult in Colonial Boston. As Octavian grows, the harsh realities of being a black slave collide with the idealism of the social experiment in which he has been sheltered. Adapting Anderson's novel to audio necessitated leaving out the book's sketches, quill-pen jottings, and other visuals. But Peter Francis James's euphonic reading and smooth cadence add humanness to the uneasy story. This 2006 National Book Award winner is not a pleasant story to hear, but it will provoke deep thinking and expand the listener's horizons. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the best of classical educations. Raised by a mysterious group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother–a princess in exile from a faraway land–are the only people in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments–and his own chilling role in them. Young Adult Fiction. Historical Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book. Best Fiction for Young Adults. National Book Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. James, Peter Francis. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=e49ad526-d3b7-497e-862c-ea32a89d99e4 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/116803-TheAstonishingLifeOfOctavian.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/116803-TheAstonishingLifeOfOctavian.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E49AD526-D3B7-497E-862C-EA32A89D99E4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/116803-TheAstonishingLifeOfOctavian.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/116803-TheAstonishingLifeOfOctavian.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E49AD526-D3B7-497E-862C-EA32A89D99E4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)