Hero /
Johnson, Catherine, 1962-
Hero / Catherine R. Johnson. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 124 pages ; 22 cm
Hero is the only child of John da Costa, a former black slave from the West Indies. Her white mother, who died giving birth, was the daughter of a Jewish merchant who owns a pub. Set in the early 19th century, this novel has an appealing heroine who is over six feet tall and given to fighting back.
0192718533 9780192718532
GBA0V5181 bnb
1800-1899
Race relations--Fiction.
Boxing stories.
Fugitive slaves--England--London--Fiction.
Racially mixed children--England--London--Fiction.
Boxing stories.
Fugitive slaves.
Race relations.
Racially mixed children.
East End (London, England)--History--19th century--Fiction.
England--London.
England--London--East End.
Young adult works.
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
823.914
Hero / Catherine R. Johnson. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 124 pages ; 22 cm
Hero is the only child of John da Costa, a former black slave from the West Indies. Her white mother, who died giving birth, was the daughter of a Jewish merchant who owns a pub. Set in the early 19th century, this novel has an appealing heroine who is over six feet tall and given to fighting back.
0192718533 9780192718532
GBA0V5181 bnb
1800-1899
Race relations--Fiction.
Boxing stories.
Fugitive slaves--England--London--Fiction.
Racially mixed children--England--London--Fiction.
Boxing stories.
Fugitive slaves.
Race relations.
Racially mixed children.
East End (London, England)--History--19th century--Fiction.
England--London.
England--London--East End.
Young adult works.
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
823.914