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Sarny is the sequel to Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. It was published on September 8, 1997 by Dell Books.
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Sarny has been released from the shackles of slavery during the American Civil War by United States Army infantry bayonetting her owner, Mr. Waller. Her children, Delie and Tyler, were sold a week before, and she follows them, eventually finding them in New Orleans with the help of a new friend named Miss Laura at the end of the war. Miss Laura pays Sarny and her friend Lucy $20 a month to help her around the house. Sarny then opens a school for blacks, only to have it burned down twice by the Ku Klux Klan. Her husband, enraged, attacks one of them. The Klan lynches him. She lives her life untill Miss Laura dies eight months later, leaving her 12 rental properties in New Orleans, and St. Louis; almost $125,000.00; and half interest in two steamships. She dies in Dallas, Texas in the 1930's at age 96.
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Works by Gary Paulsen |
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| Brian's saga |
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| Murphy series |
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| Alida's series |
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| Culpepper Adventures |
The Case of the Dirty Bird · Dunc's Doll · Culpepper's Cannon · Dunc Gets Tweaked · Dunc's Halloween · Dunc Breaks the Record · Dunc and the Flaming Ghost · Amos Gets Famous · Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top · Dunc's Dump · Dunc and the Scam Artists · Dunc and Amos and the Red Tattoos · Dunc's Undercover Christmas · Wild Culpepper Cruise · Dunc and the Haunted Castle · Cowpokes and Desperadoes · Prince Amos · Coach Amos · Amos and the Alien · Dunc and Amos Meet the Slasher · Dunc and the Greased Sticks of Doom · Amos's Killer Concert Caper · Amos Gets Married · Amos Goes Bananas · Dunc and Amos Go to the Dogs · Amos and the Vampire · Amos and the Chameleon Caper · Amos Binder, Secret Agent · Dunc and Amos on Thin Ice · Super Amos · Amos Meets the Slasher
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| Nightjohn series |
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| The Tucket Adventures |
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| World of Adventure |
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| Tales to Tickle the Funnybone |
The Boy Who Owned the School · Harris and Me · The Schernoff Discoveries · The Glass Cafe · The Amazing Life of Birds · Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day · Lawn Boy
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| Other books |
The Special War · Some Birds Don't Fly · Chance for Escape · The Death Specialists · The Implosion Effect · C. B. Jockey · The Golden Stick · Tiltawhirl John · The C. B. Radio Caper · Foxman · Winterkill · The Curse of the Cobra · The Green Recruit · The Spitball Gang · Compkill · The Sweeper · Campkill · Clutterkill · Dancing Carl · Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights · Tracker · Dogsong · Sentries · The Crossing · The Island · Night Rituals · The Voyage of the Frog · The Winter Room · Canyons · Kill Fee · The Night the White Deer Died · The Monument · Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass · Tasting the Thunder · The Haymeadow · A Christmas Sonata · Dogteam · The Fourteenth Summer · The Car · The Tent · The Tortilla Factory · The Rifle · Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers · Worksong · Ice Race · The Transall Saga · Soldier's Heart · Blue Light · Canoe Days · The Beet Fields · The White Fox Chronicles · The Time Hackers · The Legend of Bass Reeves
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The Grass-Eaters: Real Animals · The Small Ones · Hitting, Pitching, and Running · Martin Luther King: The Man Who Climbed the Mountain · Dribbling, Shooting, and Scoring · Careers in an Airport · Tackling, Running, and Kicking · Riding, Roping, and Bulldogging · Farm: A History And Celebration of the American Farmer · Running, Jumping, and Throwing · Successful Home Repair: When Not to Call the Contractor · Forehanding and Backhanding · Hiking and Backpacking · Downhill, Hotdogging and Cross-Country · Facing Off, Checking and Goaltending · Launching, Floating High and Landing · Pummeling, Falling and Getting Up-Sometimes · Track, Enduro and Motocross · Canoeing, Kayacking, and Rafting · Going Very Fast in a Circle · Athletics: Focus On Sport · Ice Hockey: Focus On Sport · Motor Cycling: Focus On Sport · Motor Racing: Focus On Sport · Skiing: Focus On Sport · Tennis: Focus On Sport · T.V. and Movie Animals · Money Saving Home Repair Guide: Successful Home Improvement Series · Sailing: From Jibs to Jibing · Beat the System: A Survival Guide · The Madonna Stories · Woodsong · Full of Hot Air: Launching, Floating High, And Landing · A Guide for Using Hatchet in the Classroom · Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod · Father Water, Mother Woods · Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey · My Life in Dog Years · Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride: A Memoir of Men and Motorcycles · All Aboard: Stories from Big Books · Zero to Sixty: A Motorcycle Journey Through Midlife · Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books · Caught by the Sea · How Angel Petersen Got His Name
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