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Kin: Rooted In Hope

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Item Width: 6 in Genre: Juvenile Fiction Book Title: Kin : Rooted in Hope Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrator: Yes, Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Language: English Format: Hardcover ISBN: 9781665913621 Publication Year: 2023 Topic: People & Places / United States / African American, General, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry), Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Number of Pages: 208 Pages Item Length: 9 in height: 0.9 in Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Item Height: 0.9 in width: 6 in Item Weight: 21.3 Oz

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Kin: Rooted In Hope. Title: Kin: Rooted In Hope. Language: English. Number of Pages: 208. Weight: 0 lbs. Publication Date: 2023-09-19. Publisher: Atheneum Books. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Kin: Rooted In Hope ISBN13: 9781665913621 ISBN10: 1665913622 Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston (Author), Weatherford, Jeffery Boston (Illustrator) Description: A Powerful 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 More Than Three Hundred Years, But As With The Genealogical Searches Of Many African Americans With Roots In Slavery, Their Family Tree Can Only Be Traced Back Five Generations Before Going Dark And So From Scraps Of History, Carole And Jeffery Have Conjured The Voices Of Their Kin, Creating An Often Painful But Ultimately Empowering Story Of Who Their People Were In A Breathtaking Book That Is At Once Deeply Personal Yet All Too Universal Carole's Poems Capture Voices Ranging From Her Ancestors To Frederick Douglass To Harriet Tubman To The Plantation House And Land Itself That Connects Them All, And Jeffery's Evocative Illustrations Help Carry The Story From The First Mention Of A Forebear Listed As Property In A 1781 Ledger To He And His Mother's Homegoing Trip To Africa In 2016 Shaped By Loss, Erasure, And Ultimate Reclamation, This Is The Story Of Not Only Carole And Jeffery's Family, But Of Countless Other Black Families In America Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Atheneum Books Publication Date: 2023-09-19 Weight: 0 lbs Dimensions: 0.43'' H x 9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 208 Language: English

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