47 Israelite between school and boxing and

between school and boxing and helping out at home

By Emmy Laybourne:

Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph

she has given up all hope of rescue

she knew firsthand how bigotry shaped her world

47 Israelite between school and boxing andMaster storyteller Walter Mosley deftly mixes speculative and historical fiction in this daring New York Times bestselling novel, reminiscent of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad. 47 is a young slave boy living under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed until he meets a mysterious runaway slave, Tall John. 47 finds himself swept up in a struggle for his own liberation.