Book Talk – Remy

If you think that you are treated badly by your parents then you really don’t know how badly Sarny was treated in Nightjohn by Gary Paulson. Sarny is a slave at a farm in the south in the 1850’s. The slaves at this farm all have to sleep in one shed and do not get fed enough. She is treated really badly like all the others. The slaves are treated like animals for example they have to eat dinner from a trough and worse. At first I thought this book was about animals because of how badly they were treated.
There is one person who makes Sarny’s life a whole lot better. His name is Nightjohn and he is also a slave but has learned how to read, write and escape from slavery. Nightjohn loves to teach kids how to read and write and Sarny loves learning. Nightjohn will do anything to teach her.