The Good Lord Bird
Author: James McBride
ISBN: 9781399632461
Publisher: Orion
Year first published: 25 Nov 2025
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
'Wildly entertaining. A rollicking saga about one of America's earliest abolitionists' People'Just so brilliant'John GreenHenry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856. When an argument between Henry's master and legendary abolitionist John Brown turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town - along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure story and a moving exploration of identity and survival.WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
ISBN: 9781399632461
Publisher: Orion
Year first published: 25 Nov 2025
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
'Wildly entertaining. A rollicking saga about one of America's earliest abolitionists' People'Just so brilliant'John GreenHenry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856. When an argument between Henry's master and legendary abolitionist John Brown turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town - along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure story and a moving exploration of identity and survival.WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
