"From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament to the resilience of the African American community, this book honors what has been and envisions what is to be." -- publisher
Themes & Content
- Genres
- Fiction
- Central Theme Categories
- Centering Culture & Identity
- Oppression & Resilience
- Content
- Activism/Social Justice Movements
- Inequalities
- Mind/Body
- Political Violence & Forced Displacement
- Race-Related
- Relocation Narratives
- School/Extracurricular Activities
- Ethnicity
- Unspecified
- Gender Representation
- Boys/Men
- Girls/Women
- Unspecified
- Illustrator Lived Experience
- Illustrator shares race/culture with main characters