About the book
Washington Black
By Esi Edugyan
Working in the sticky heat of the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born, 11-year-old field slave Washington Black is terrified when he's made manservant to his master's offbeat brother. But naturalist/explorer Wilde, or "Titch," eagerly introduces Wash to a brave new world and protects him when a bounty is placed on his head, as they flee north along America's Atlantic coast to the chilly Arctic. But in their world, can friendship last? From the author of the international bestseller Half-Blood Blues, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize and short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. - Library Journal