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'''''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. The two friends soon learn that their [[literacy]] makes them independent, illiteracy being one of the tools used to keep slaves in their oppressed state. |
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