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Ajeemah and His Son Paperback - 1994 - 1st Edition

by James Berry

A Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author's powerful novel about slavery. In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa. They are taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves--never to see one another again. An ALA Notable Children's Book of 1993; 1993 ALA Best Books for Young Adults; 1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award.


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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

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  • Title Ajeemah and His Son
  • Author James Berry
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, New York
  • Date 1994
  • ISBN 9780064405232 / 0064405230
  • Weight 0.17 lbs (0.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.62 x 5.14 x 0.25 in (19.35 x 13.06 x 0.64 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 760
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress subjects Fathers and sons, Jamaica
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92006615
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Booklist, 06/01/2000, Page 1874
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