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Ajeemah and His Son

Ajeemah and His Son - Paperback

by James Berry
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Availability:In StockContributor:James BerrySeries:Willa Perlman BooksAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2023-09-12Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollins PublishersISBN-13:9780064405232ISBN-10:64405230UPC:9780064405232Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Places, African American & BlackBook Topic:AfricaAward:1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Fiction or Poetry AwardSize:7.62 x 5.14 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.1698Product ID:SC5W22GG6R
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 Award
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollins PublishersISBN-13:9780064405232ISBN-10:64405230UPC:9780064405232Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Places, African American & BlackBook Topic:AfricaAward:1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Fiction or Poetry AwardSize:7.62 x 5.14 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.1698Product ID:SC5W22GG6R
Berry, James: -

James Berry has received the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to poetry and the Signal Poetry Award for his children's poetry. His previous poetry collections, When I Dance and Everywhere Faces Everywhere, were published to rave reviews in the United States. His many awards and honors include the 1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction for his novel Ajeemah and His Son and a 1989 Coretta Scott King Honor for his collection of short stories A Thief in the Village and Other Stories of Jamaica. James Berry was born and raised in Jamaica and now lives in Brighton, England.

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🏆 1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Fiction or Poetry Award

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