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Age Range
10 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2015-01-01
Page Count
64
Publisher
Candlewick
Grade Level
5th - 7th
ISBN
9780763650384
Lexile
890
Themes
perseverance
african american history
slavery

Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad

Written by Monica Edinger and Illustrated by Robert Byrd

Magulu is only nine years old when she is taken by slave traders and brought to the Americas. She is on board the Amistad when its passengers rise up and overthrow their captors, but her journey to freedom—and back home to Africa—has only begun.

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Age Range
10 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2015-01-01
Page Count
64
Publisher
Candlewick
Grade Level
5th - 7th
ISBN
9780763650384
Lexile
890
Themes
perseverance
african american history
slavery
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