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A review by bookofcinz
Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
3.0
The story of Cane Warriors is based upon true events that happened in Jamaica during the Slavery Rebellion. Tacky who was one of the masterminds behind the uprising that started on Easter Monday April 7th 1760. Tacky and his followers started the revolt that saw numerous plantations being overthrown and burnt to the ground with enslaved persons being set free.
In Alex Wheatle’s young adult book Cane Warriors we meet fourteen year old Moa who is enslaved on the Frontier sugar cane plantation. He is in the middle of harvest season, he hasn’t seen his mother in over two months because she is serving in the Enslaver’s house and his father also is kept working for long and exhausting hours. With the recent death of a plantation beloved woman Moa starts considering what freedom would feel like.
One night Moa is approached by an older man who wants help in leading an uprising. Moa is ready but he is not sure he has what it takes to kill for freedom. With his friend Keverton, lead by Tacky they all set out to take their lives back and gain freedom…. But what is the cost?
Set in 1760 on a Jamaican Plantation, Wheatle does a great job of showing what life was like for a 14 year old boy. I loved that he took a very know part of Jamaica’s history- that of the Tacky’s War and wrote it from another perspective. There are some great story telling element on the writer’s part. I was a bit confused about the language but I got use to it.
Truly a great read for young readers!
In Alex Wheatle’s young adult book Cane Warriors we meet fourteen year old Moa who is enslaved on the Frontier sugar cane plantation. He is in the middle of harvest season, he hasn’t seen his mother in over two months because she is serving in the Enslaver’s house and his father also is kept working for long and exhausting hours. With the recent death of a plantation beloved woman Moa starts considering what freedom would feel like.
One night Moa is approached by an older man who wants help in leading an uprising. Moa is ready but he is not sure he has what it takes to kill for freedom. With his friend Keverton, lead by Tacky they all set out to take their lives back and gain freedom…. But what is the cost?
Set in 1760 on a Jamaican Plantation, Wheatle does a great job of showing what life was like for a 14 year old boy. I loved that he took a very know part of Jamaica’s history- that of the Tacky’s War and wrote it from another perspective. There are some great story telling element on the writer’s part. I was a bit confused about the language but I got use to it.
Truly a great read for young readers!