“What did they care . . . about taking a young girl from her family, her village, her home? For them, I was just something to buy and something to sell.” Author’s note. Sources. Full-color illustrations done in ink and watercolor.
Title alpha Africa Is My Home: A Child of the <i>Amistad</i>
Level Intermediate Readers Plus
Pages Count 64
Genre Fiction
Topics The slave trade. Sarah Margru Kinson (c. 1832-?). Joseph Cinque (c. 1814-c. 1879). <i>Amistad</i> mutiny. West Africa. Cuba. New England. Oberlin College.
SRC Level 5.700000
SRC Points 4.000000
Lexile 890L
Trim Size 7 1/2" x 9 1/16"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2013-10-07
JLG Release Date Mar 2014
Minimum grade 3
Maximum grade 5
Reading level Elementary
Format Print
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