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Kin : rooted in hope / Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781665913621 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 10 up. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction. Slavery > Juvenile fiction. Maryland > History > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Novels in verse. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities. - Baker & Taylor
"Conjuring up voices of their kin, who are among the founders of Maryland, the author and her son trace their family history back five generations, painting a powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations." - Simon and Schuster
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
A Boston GlobeâHorn Book Poetry Award Winner
An âimaginative and movingâ (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by ALSC Childrenâs Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
I call their names:
Abram Alice Amey Arianna Antiqua
I call their names:
Isaac Jake James Jenny Jim
Every last one, property of the Lloyds,
the stateâs preeminent enslavers.
Every last one, with a mind of their own
and a story that ainât yet been told.
Till now.
Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherfordâs ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering story of who their people were in a breathtaking book that is at once deeply personal yet all too universal.
Caroleâs poems capture voices ranging from her ancestors to Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman to the plantation house and land itself that connects them all, and Jefferyâs evocative illustrations help carry the story from the first mention of a forebear listed as property in a 1781 ledger to he and his motherâs homegoing trip to Africa in 2016. Shaped by loss, erasure, and ultimate reclamation, this is the story of not only Carole and Jefferyâs family, but of countless other Black families in America.
