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2) Homegoing
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
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