In 1851 New Bedford, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Cape Verdean sailor Lucky Valera is kidnapped by his estranged half-brother and forced to work in a mill, but while Lucky is plotting his escape he meets a former slave and a young Quaker girl who influence his plans.
year: 2011
call number/section: 1000
subjects: sailors, juvenile fiction, fugitive slaves, abolitionists, conduct of life, cape verdean americans, massachusetts, history, 1775-1865, juvenile fiction, fiction