Ajeemah and His Son

In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by...
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Author: James Berry
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Ajeemah and His Son by Berry, James

Ajeemah and His Son

CHF 10.07

Ajeemah and His Son

CHF 10.07
Author: James Berry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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

Author: James Berry
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 01/30/1994
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.14w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9780064405232
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 8503 / Ajeemah and His Son


Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2000 pg. 1874

About the Author
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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