Book guide
The Good Lord Bird
A boy mistaken for a girl is swept into John Brown’s holy war.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalHidden identityHistoricalWar storyHistoricalResistanceLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryHidden identityLiteraryIdentity crisisLiterarySocial commentaryAdventureUnlikely alliesAdventureHidden identity
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About The Good Lord Bird
Henry Shackleford, an enslaved boy in Bleeding Kansas, is carried off by abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl; disguised as ‘Little Onion,’ Henry fights to survive the road to Harpers Ferry.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- slavery
- racial slurs
- racism
- war
- violence
- murder
- gun violence
- death
- sexual content
- sexual harassment of a minor
- alcohol consumption
- gore
