Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Publisher & Date: Kokila, 16 Nov 2021
Page Count: 48 pages
ISBN: 978-0593307359
Age/Reading Level: 6-10/Grades 1-5
Representation: Black main characters
Other Information:
Book Information
A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders.
But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived.
Challenges & Bans
This book has been challenged for the potentially traumatic subject, introduction of critical race theory
Awards & Accolades
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
