Kin Rooted in Hope
eBook - 2023
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Boston Globe–Horn Book Poetry Award Winner An "imaginative and moving" (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.I call their names: Abram Alice Amey Arianna Antiqua I call their names: Isaac Jake James Jenny Jim Every last one, property of the Lloyds, the state's preeminent enslavers. Every last one, with a mind of their own and a story that ain't yet been told. Till now. Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford's ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends mo...re than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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- English
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File Size | 60 GB |
ISBN | 9781665913645 |
Release Date | 9/19/2023 |
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ASIN | B0BTZ8T42R |
Release Date | 9/19/2023 |
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ISBN | 9781665913645 |
Release Date | 9/19/2023 |