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For the film of the book, see Nightjohn (film).
Nightjohn Author(s) Gary Paulsen Country United States Language English Series Nightjohn series Genre(s) Historical novel Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Books Publication date 1993 Media type Print (Paperback & Hardback) Followed by Sarny Nightjohn is a young adult novel by Gary Paulsen, first published in 1993.[1] It is about slavery in the American South shortly before the time of the American Civil War. It was later made into a movie of the same name.
Plot summary
The novel is set on 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, also known as John. It was followed by a sequel called Sarny, a Life Remembered in 1997.
Film adaptation
The novel was adapted as a TV film which aired on the Disney Channel starring Carl Lumbly as John and Beau Bridges as the slaveholder. It was directed by Charles Burnett.[2]
References
Disney Channel Premiere Films 1980s Tiger Town (1983) · Just Like Mr. Sunny (1983) · Gone Are the Days (1984) · Snow White (1984) · Love Leads the Way (1984) · Lots of Luck (1985) · The Undergrads (1985) · The Caldercott Story (1985) · The Blue Yonder (1985) · Help Wanted: Kids (1986) · Mr. Boogedy (1986) · Disney's Treasure Island (1986) · The Parent Trap II (1986) · Spot Marks the X (1986) · Down the Long Hills (1986) · Fluppy Dogs (1986) · Strange Companions (1987) · Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables (1987) · Not Quite Human (1987) · The Christmas Visitor (1987) · Rock N Roll Mom (1988) · Save the Dog (1988) · The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) · Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988) · A Friendship in Vienna (1988) · Good Old Boy (1988) · Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988) · The Parent Trap III (1989) · Not Quite Human II (1989) · The Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)1990s Lantern Hill (1990) · Chips, the War Dog (1990) · Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990) · Back Home (1990) · The Little Kidnappers (1990) · Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) · Bejewelled (1991) · Perfect Harmony (1991) · Mark Twain and Me (1991) · Still Not Quite Human (1992) · The Ernest Green Story (1993) · Spies (1993) · Heidi (1993) · On Promised Land (1994) · The Whipping Boy (1994) · The Old Curiosity Shop (1995) · Escape to Witch Mountain (1995) · The Four Diamonds (1995) · The Little Riders (1996) · Nightjohn (1996) · Susie Q (1996) · Wish Upon a Star (1996) · The Paper Brigade (1997) · My Date with the President's Daughter (1998)2010s Works by Gary Paulsen Brian's saga Murphy series Culpepper Adventures The Tucket Adventures World of Adventure The Legend of Red Horse Cavern · Rodomonte's Revenge · Escape from Fire Mountain · The Rock Jockeys · Hook 'Em Snotty! · Danger on Midnight River · The Gorgon Slayer · Captive! · Project - A Perfect World · The Treasure of El Patron · Skydive! · The Seventh Crystal · The Creature of Black Water Lake · Time Benders · Grizzly · Thunder Valley · Curse of the Ruins · Flight of the HawkOther novels Dogsong · The Winter Room · Canyons · The Cookcamp · Harris and Me · Nightjohn · The Car · The Tent · Sarny · The Transall Saga · Alida's Song · Soldier's Heart · The White Fox Chronicles · The Glass CafeNon-fiction Woodsong · Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod · My Life in Dog Years · Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books · How Angel Peterson Got His NameSee also: List of works by Gary Paulsen Categories:- 1993 novels
- Novels by Gary Paulsen
- American young adult novels
- American historical novels
- Children's historical novels
- Novels about slavery
- Historical novel stubs
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