by Eros Keith, Paula Fox · Noguer y Caralt Editores, S. A. · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427901414
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«La danza de los esclavos» is the historical young adult novel by Paula Fox, published by Noguer y Caralt in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
On the docks of New Orleans, Jessie Bollier, a thirteen-year-old boy who plays the fife to earn a few coins, is kidnapped by the crew of a ship bound for Africa. On board he discovers it is a slave ship and that his task is to play music so the captives dance and stay fit.
The novel was originally published in English as The Slave Dancer in 1973 and won the Newbery Medal in 1974. This Spanish edition dates from 2012.
For young readers interested in historical fiction and episodes of the slave trade.
Paula Fox was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. Fox won the Newbery Medal in 1974 for her novel The Slave Dancer. She also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978 and won a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart. In the mid-1990s, she enjoyed a revival as her adult fiction was championed by a new generation of American writers. In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.
