The Slave Dancer

Description:

Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

subjects: Slave trade,  Newbery Medal,  Reading (Elementary),  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Computer-assisted instruction,  Large type books,  Fiction, general,  Fiction, historical, general,  Slaves, fiction,  Children's stories,  Children's fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  Musicians, fiction,  Dancers, fiction,  Slave ships,  Transatlantic voyages,  Slavery,  Sea stories,  Historical fiction,  Spanish language materials,  Trata de esclavos,  Novela juvenil,  Muchachos,  Dance, fiction