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Africa Is My Home

A Child of the Amistad

Africa Is My Home( )
Author: Edinger, Monica
Illustrator: Byrd, Robert
ISBN:978-0-7636-5038-4
Publication Date:Oct 2013
Publisher:Candlewick Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

Inspired by a true account, here is the compelling story of a child who arrives in America on the slave ship Amistad --and eventually makes her way home to Africa. When a drought hits her homeland in Sierra Leone, nine-year-old Magulu is sold as a pawn by her father in exchange for rice. But before she can work off her debt, an unthinkable chain of events unfolds: a capture by slave traders; weeks in a dark and airless hold; a landing in Cuba, where she and three...
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Book Details
Pages:64
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 19Th Century
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.88 x 9.38 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:0.962 Pounds



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