Interest Level
Grades 4 - 7
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 6.4
Lexile Measure®: Not Available
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: Not Available
Genre
- Verse Novel
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- African American History
- Slavery, Underground Railroad, Abolition
- Family Life
- African
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About This Book
This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, here is a lyrical story-in-verse about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, which will remind children that their slave ancestors should never be forgotten, and that family is more important than anything else.2012 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
About the Authors or Illustrators
Among Leo Dillon's many honors, he and his wife have received two Caldecott Medals, for Ashanti to Zulu and Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, four New York Times Best Illustrated Awards, four Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards, two Coretta Scott King Awards, two Coretta Scott King Honors, and the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal.
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