Nightjohn
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| Author | Gary Paulsen |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nightjohn series |
| Genre(s) | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Books |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
| Followed by | Sarny |
Nightjohn is a book for young adults, written by Gary Paulsen. It was first published in 1993, it was made into a movie that aired on the Disney Channel in 1996. It is set at a plantation in the Southern United States in the 1850s. The narrator and protagonist of the story is a young African-American slave named Sarny, who is taught to read and write by another slave, Nightjohn.
