Nightjohn

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

1. ^ Nightjohn at Fantastic Fiction
2. ^ Nightjohn at the Internet Movie Database