Cane Warriors

Nobody free till everybody free.

Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world.

"Wheatle brings the struggle of slavery in the Jamaican sugar cane fields to life . . . A refreshing and heartbreaking story that depicts both a real-life uprising against oppression and the innate desire to be free. Highly recommended."
—School Library Journal, STARRED review

Alex Wheatle is a finalist for the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature!

"Tension-filled and heart-stopping, a work of edgy brilliance that brims with existential fervor . . . Excellent."
—Kaieteur News (Guyana)

"Black Sheep stands tall with Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle, following Moa, an enslaved 14-year-old in 1760s Jamaica who is recruited by rebels to fight in the slave rebellion called...