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Monica Edinger and
Robert Byrd (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Candlewick Pr
Publication date
October 8, 2013
Pages
55
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763650384
ISBN-10
0763650382
Dimensions
0.75 by 7.75 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.06 lbs.
Original list price
$17.99
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product 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 other children are sold and taken aboard the Amistad; a mutiny aboard ship; a trial in New Haven that eventually goes all the way to the Supreme Court and is argued in the Africans’ favor by John Quincy Adams. Narrated in a remarkable first-person voice, this fictionalized book of memories of a real-life figure retells history through the eyes of a child — from seeing mirrors for the first time and struggling with laughably complicated clothing to longing for family and a home she never forgets. Lush, full-color illustrations by Robert Byrd, plus archival photographs and documents, bring an extraordinary journey to life.
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 other children are sold and taken aboard the Amistad; a mutiny aboard ship; a trial in New Haven that eventually goes all the way to the Supreme Court and is argued in the Africans’ favor by John Quincy Adams. Narrated in a remarkable first-person voice, this fictionalized book of memories of a real-life figure retells history through the eyes of a child — from seeing mirrors for the first time and struggling with laughably complicated clothing to longing for family and a home she never forgets. Lush, full-color illustrations by Robert Byrd, plus archival photographs and documents, bring an extraordinary journey to life.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Candlewick Pr (October 8, 2013)
9780763650384 | details & prices | 55 pages | 7.75 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.06 lbs | List price $17.99
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Candlewick Pr (February 24, 2015)
9780763676476 | details & prices | 55 pages | 7.50 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $7.99
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