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Kin : rooted in hope / Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford.

Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.5.W31 Ki 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.
Contributor:
Weatherford, Jeffery Boston, illustrator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans.
Generations--Juvenile fiction.
Generations.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery.
Maryland--History--Juvenile fiction.
Maryland.
Young adult fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Novels in verse.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Slavery--fiction.
Maryland--History--Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.
Physical Description:
202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Rooted in hope
Place of Publication:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]
Summary:
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202).
Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Honor, 2024
ISBN:
9781665913621
1665913622
OCLC:
1370009634

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