How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America by Smith, Clint
How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America by Smith, Clint

How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America

Adapted from Clint Smith's #1 New York Times bestselling and universally acclaimed How the Word Is Passed,...
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Author: Clint Smith
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Language: English
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How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America by Smith, Clint

How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America

$29.15
How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America by Smith, Clint

How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America

$29.15
Author: Clint Smith
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Adapted from Clint Smith's #1 New York Times bestselling and universally acclaimed How the Word Is Passed, this must-read narrative takes readers to historical sites across America, exploring the legacy of slavery to help readers make sense of our nation's past and present, and be better stewards of their own future.

Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads young readers through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--offering an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.

How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view--whether in places we might drive by on our way to school, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods (like downtown Manhattan) on which the brutal history of the trade in enslaved people has been deeply imprinted.

Informed by scholarship and brought alive by the story of people living today, this adaptation of Clint Smith's #1 bestselling, award-winning work of nonfiction offers kids a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country, and shows how they can reckon with the past and present to become better stewards of their future.

Author: Clint Smith
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/30/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.42w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780316578509
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2025
School Library Journal 07/01/2025 pg. 85
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2025
Booklist 08/01/2025

About the Author
Clint Smith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling poetry collection Above Ground and the award-winning poetry collection Counting Descent. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul is the founder of Red Clay Educators, co-director of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy, co-director of the Teach Black History All Year Institute, and executive producer and host of The Black Creators Series. She is a former middle school English teacher and has written several books for educators to support reading and writing instruction including Antiracist Reading Revolution: A Framework for Teaching Beyond Representation Toward Liberation. Sonja leads professional development for schools and organizations in equity and antiracism. She invites you to visit her online at sonjacherrypaul.com.
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