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Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson

Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson

SKU:9780063098336

  • Binding: Hardcover, 208 pages
  • Representation: Black
  • Genre(s): Young Reader/Chapter Book and Historical Fiction
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An Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller!

In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade, in an adaptation of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Barracoon.

This is the life story of Cudjo Lewis, as told by himself.

Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved, eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then the only person alive to tell the story of his capture and bondage—fifty years after the Atlantic human trade was outlawed in the United States. Cudjo shared his firsthand account with legendary folklorist, anthropologist, and writer Zora Neale Hurston.

Adapted with care and delivered with age-appropriate historical context by award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi, Cudjo’s incredible story is now available for young readers and emerging scholars. With powerful illustrations by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, this poignant work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.

Additional Book Details

Pages: 208

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers

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Language: en

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