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Ajeemah and His Son

James Berry

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Description:In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa while en route to deliver a dowry to Atu's bride-to-be. Ajeemah and Atu are then taken to Jamaica and sold to neighboring plantations'never to see one another again. "Readers will come away with a new sense of respect for those who maintained their dignity and humanity under the cruelest of circumstances."'SLJ. "Each moment here of the Jamaican-born poet's terse, melodious narrative is laden with emotion. . . . Brilliant, complex, powerfully written."––K. Notable Children's Book of 1993 (ALA)1993 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)1992 Books for Youth Editors' Choices (BL)Notable 1992 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)Bulletin Blue Ribbons 1992 (C)1993 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)Children's Books of 1992 (Library of Congress)1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction AwardWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ajeemah and His Son. To get started finding Ajeemah and His Son, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa while en route to deliver a dowry to Atu's bride-to-be. Ajeemah and Atu are then taken to Jamaica and sold to neighboring plantations'never to see one another again. "Readers will come away with a new sense of respect for those who maintained their dignity and humanity under the cruelest of circumstances."'SLJ. "Each moment here of the Jamaican-born poet's terse, melodious narrative is laden with emotion. . . . Brilliant, complex, powerfully written."––K. Notable Children's Book of 1993 (ALA)1993 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)1992 Books for Youth Editors' Choices (BL)Notable 1992 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)Bulletin Blue Ribbons 1992 (C)1993 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)Children's Books of 1992 (Library of Congress)1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction AwardWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ajeemah and His Son. To get started finding Ajeemah and His Son, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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