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The end of the world and beyond : continues The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts: being an absolutely accurate autobiographical account of my follies, fortune & fate written by himself / Avi.

ISBN: 9781616205652
ISBN: 1616205652
ISBN: 9781643750873
Physical Description: 328 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2019.

Avi, 1937- (author.).

Summary:

Though he's only a boy, Oliver Cromwell Pitts is also a convicted thief. His sentence: banishment from his home in England to America, where he will be sold as an indentured servant. Chained to his fellow prisoners, half starved, sailing through violent storms, Oliver barely survives the shipboard voyage. But the hazardous journey is nothing compared to the peril that waits for him on colonial shores. In Annapolis, Oliver's indenture is purchased by the foul, miserly Fitzhugh - who may have murdered the servant Oliver is replacing. On Fitzhugh's isolated tobacco farm, Oliver's only companion is an enslaved boy named Bara. Oliver and Bara become fast friends with one powerful goal: to escape Fitzhugh. Oliver hopes he can find his sister, Charity, brought to the colonies on a different ship. Bara dreams of reaching a community of free black people. But first the boys must flee Fitzhugh's plantation, outrun their brutal pursuer, and face the dangers lurking in the swamp that stands between them and their liberty.