Johnson, Catherine,  1962- <br/><br/>
Hero / 
Catherine R. Johnson. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2001. 
 - 124 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0192718533 9780192718532 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA0V5181  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800-1899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Race relations--Fiction.<br/>Boxing stories.<br/>Fugitive slaves--England--London--Fiction.<br/>Racially mixed children--England--London--Fiction.<br/>Boxing stories.<br/>Fugitive slaves.<br/>Race relations.<br/>Racially mixed children.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>East End (London, England)--History--19th century--Fiction.<br/>England--London.<br/>England--London--East End.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Young adult works.<br/>Young adult fiction.<br/>Fiction.<br/>History.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.914