This startles Octavian, as he has never really thought of himself as a slave since he doesn’t serve anyone and has freedom throughout the house. A servant, Bono, reminds Octavian that he is still a slave. Gitney, otherwise known as 03-01, has provided Octavian a thorough classical and musical education through the years. Together they live in a house full of philosophers and scientists called the College of Lucidity. Octavian and his mother, African princess Cassiopeia, are slaves in eighteenth-century Boston. Set in Boston during the American Revolutionary War, the book spawned the sequel The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: Kingdom on the Waves. Published in 2006, it was awarded the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and was a runner-up for the Michael L. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party is a young adult historical fiction novel by M.T.
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