Chapter+Summaries

Ch. 1-2: Introduces the main characters ( Big Mama Flore, 47, Master Tobias, Mr. Stewart.) Talks about 47's mother, Psalma, and 47's father who was from a different plantation. 47 is raised by his grandmother, Big Mama Flore, and is trying to be kept small so he doesn't have to go and work in the fields under the wrath of the overseer, Mr.Stewart. 47 later starts his life in the fields and is branded by the cruel slave, Pritchard.

Ch. 3-6: 47 has just started his life in the fields when he meets Tall John who teaches him many things and tells him of the great things he's going to do when he gets older. As 47 and Tall John hang out toghether more and learn more about each other, they keep growning closer and closer together.

Ch. 7-8: John becomes a slave on the Corinthian Plantation, and 47 and John work together in the fields. One night, 47 and John run away to the edge of cliff that overlooks a river, adn 47 gets his first feelings of freedom. 47 and John start picking cotton with 84, and John compliments 84 all the time; they start to love each other.

Ch. 9-11: John is an entertainer to all the slaves with the things he talks about, and he educates them on the topic of freedom and what it's like to be free. 84 and John start to grow closer to each other and love each other. John is being asked by Master Tobias to work in the house, becuase he knows that he can cure his daughter of the illness she has.

Ch. 12-13: 47 and John are in the forest having lunch and are looking for herbs to make Miss Eloise better. Thye have fun pushing each other into the water during that day but get stuck in the forest because of the rain. 47 wakes up in John's homeland and is becomes informed about what he must do and who Wall is.

Ch. 14-16: 47 and John return from John's world and head back to Tobia's house to cure Eloise. Tobias is furious at them and wants to kill them, but he knows that without John, Eloise will die. John and 47 cure Eloise, but Tobias gives them to Mr. Stewart to be whipped, and they are both thrown in the Tomb.

Ch. 17-18: 47, 84, and John are running away, and Tobias and his dogs are trying to chase them down. John gives 47 all the powers that he has, and 47 grows taller, is smarter, and has great magical powers like John, although not as strong as John's but will be eventually.

Ch. 19-20: John and 47 are going back to Corinthian Plantation to save Flore, but Wall's minion, Mr. Stewart, stops this from happening so they have to run away. They go back for a second time to save Flore, but they save all the other slaves, including Champ, and havoc starts as Wall and his men are attacking the run away slaves with firearms.

Ch. 21-22: As all hell is breaking loose on Corinthian Plantation, Champ and 47 grab Flore and run away into the woods with a horse and buggy to escape the madness. 47 hears the screams of Nola and Eloise and goes back and saves them. Once John, Eloise, Nola, Flore, 47, and Champ are in the woods, they decide to stay there for the night to be safe from the white men, Wall, and his assistants.

Ch. 23-end: Wall and Mr. Stewart have found John's machine, 47 and John go to his machine and defeat Wall and Mr. Stewart. John dies from the fight and is going to the Upper Level, but he will always be with 47. Champ, 47, Flore, 84, and Nola escape to Canada and start a farm there and live happily ever after.