Buffalo Soldier

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015, this is a beautiful piece of historical fiction told with heart and humanity.

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015. "What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one. That's who." At the end of the American Civil War, Charley – a young African-American slave from the deep south – is ostensibly freed. But then her adopted mother is raped and lynched at the hands of a mob and Charley is left alone. In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of a person's skin can bring violent death, Charley disguises herself as a man and joins the army. Soon she's being sent to the prairies to fight a whole new war against the "savage Indians". Trapped in a world of injustice and inequality, it's only when Charley is posted to Apache territory that she begins to learn what it is to be truly free.

Title - Buffalo Soldier

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Author - Tanya Landman

ISBN 13 - 9781406314595

Imprint - Walker Books Ltd

Publisher - Walker Books Ltd

Date Published - 03/04/2014

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 22mm

Weight - 255 g

Languages - English