by Scott O'Dell · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782081642911
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«Moi, Angelica, esclave» is the historical young-adult novel by Scott O'Dell, published by Flammarion in paperback (187 pages, in French).
Angélica is a young African woman captured and sold as a slave on a plantation in the Danish West Indies, on Saint John. The novel follows her life amid suffering and humiliations while among the slaves the rumor of a revolt grows, culminating in the uprising of 1733-1734, narrated from her perspective.
Published in the Castor Poche collection, with recommended reading age of 9 to 12 years.
For young readers who want to approach historical fiction and the theme of slavery.
Scott O'Dell was an American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several children's novels about historical California and Mexico. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. He received The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion in 1976 and the Catholic Libraries Association Regina Medal in 1978.
