The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, The Pox Party

Octavian has spent his childhood in colonial Boston receiving a classical education from a house full of scientists. Aside from Greek, Latin, math, and music, the scholars train him "to be precise in notation, acute in investigation, and rational in inference." It's the only life he's known, and he has never thought it out of the ordinary. As he grows older, however, Octavian wonders: How is he related to these men? Why are they interested in his development? And what lies inside the room he's forbidden to enter? Author's note. Winner of the 2006 National Book Award. Winner of the 2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. A 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor Book.