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Jon Walter

Biography

Jon Walter

Jon Walter is a former photojournalist with a special interest in social welfare issues. His debut middle grade novel, CLOSE TO THE WIND, was chosen as The Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week in the United Kingdom. MY NAME IS NOT FRIDAY, is his young adult debut. He lives in East Sussex, England, with his family.

Jon Walter

Books by Jon Walter

by Jon Walter - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult 12+

Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother, Joshua, are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a new name --- Friday --- and sold into slavery. What follows is a heartbreaking but hopeful account of Samuel's journey from freedom, to captivity and back again.