{"product_id":"kin-carole-boston-weatherford-9781665913621","title":"Kin: Rooted in Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Coretta Scott King Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"imaginative and moving\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI call their names: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abram Alice Amey Arianna Antiqua\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI call their names: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Isaac Jake James Jenny Jim\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvery last one, property of the Lloyds, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe state's preeminent enslavers. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvery last one, with a mind of their own \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eand a story that ain't yet been told. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTill now.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarole's 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 Jeffery's evocative illustrations help carry the story from the first mention of a forebear listed as property in a 1781 ledger to he and his mother's homegoing trip to Africa in 2016. Shaped by loss, erasure, and ultimate reclamation, this is the story of not only Carole and Jeffery's family, but of countless other Black families in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carole Boston Weatherford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1665913622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665913621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e520908 \/ Kin: Rooted in Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 - Book Of Special Distinction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2023","brand":"Carole Boston Weatherford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133287362815,"sku":"9781665913621","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_157847a4-570b-4e83-bd37-5cde5fca6313.jpg?v=1687485201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kin-carole-boston-weatherford-9781665913621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}