Quarteron, or adventure in the Far West

"Quarterona" - Thomas Mine Rida’s novel about love and adventures in the scenery of the American South - keeps the reader in tension from the first pages.
A young Englishman Edward, while traveling in Louisiana, falls in love with an unusually beautiful and smart girl Aurora. To his joy, the feeling is mutual, but there is a serious obstacle between young people: Edward"s beloved is a slave. Aurora is a quarter, that is, a quarter is black, but even if there were only a drop of black blood in it, the laws and morality of Louisiana make its alliance with a white man impossible. Nevertheless, Edward is not going to abandon happiness with his beloved - for the sake of her he is even ready to break the law ...
The young man does not suspect that his determination is far from everyone likes. He will face the insidiousness and cruelty of enemies and will more than once look in death. However, friendship and disinterested love will overcome all obstacles ...
The book is illustrated by the drawings of Sergei Yarovoy.

On the illustrator:
Sergey Yarovo - an illustrator, a member of the International Federation of Artists and a creative union of professional artists. He graduated from the MGHA. Surikova. He illustrated more than 60 children"s and teenage books. The artist’s works are in private collections of Russia, the USA, Austria, Germany and Brazil. Sergei Yarovoy regularly participates in Russian and foreign exhibitions.
In the publishing house "Nigma" with the illustrations of Sergei Yarovi, Roman Louis Bussenar "Dyaters of Diamonds" came out.

For secondary school age