‘Wildly entertaining. A rollicking saga about one of America’s earliest abolitionists’
People
‘Just so brilliant’
John Green
Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856.
When an argument between Henry’s master and legendary abolitionist John Brown turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town – along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm.
An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure story and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Imprint: Weidenfeld and Nicholson UK
Publication date: 11/11/2025
