The Oxboy / by Anne Mazer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazer, Anne.

Contributor:

Eidrigevicius, Stasys.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.

Prejudices.

Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.

Human-animal relationships.

Prejudices--Fiction.

Human-animal relationships--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 109 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher : [Distributed by Random House], [©1993]

Summary:

A young boy who is half-human and half-ox struggles to survive in a society where animals are hated and contact with them is prohibited.

Contents:

My father

The prince and the cat

We are betrayed

The blue hunters

Albertus

Pure blood of the human race

A family meal

Suseen

Laceflower

The rescue

The otter's tales

Discovery

Prison

To the forest.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"Jacket illustration © 1993 Stasys Eidrigevičius."

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket with praise from Chaim Potok printed on the back retained.

Potok Collection copy has letter addressed to Chaim Potok from Karen Hirsch of Alfred A. Knopf regarding the publication of this book laid in.

Other Format:

Online version: Mazer, Anne. Oxboy.

ISBN:

0679841911 :

9780679841913

0679941916

9780679941910

OCLC:

27010589