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Hard Labor: The First African Americans, 1619
Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia C. (Author), McKissack, Fredrick L. (Author), Fiedler, Joseph Daniel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689861494     ISBN-13: 9780689861499
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
OUR PRICE:   $6.64  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2004
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2003110501
Series: Milestone
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 4.67" W x 8.33" (0.22 lbs) 64 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 75829
Reading Level: 6.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
This illustrated historical chapter book introduces young readers to some of the very first African Americans, who came to American in the early seventeenth century.

In 1619, twenty Africans stepped foot on American soil as indentured servants. They came with dreams of the future, knowing if they could hold on and finish out their sentences, they would be free. Who were they, how did they get here, and did their lives go the way they imagined? Details of their stories have been lost over time but what remains is an important piece of American history.

Contributor Bio(s): McKissack, Fredrick L.: - Fredrick McKissack has nearly 20 years experience as a writer and an editor. His articles, op-eds, and reviews have been published in The Washington Post, Vibe Magazine, and others. He lives in Ft. Wayne, Ind. with his wife, Lisa and their son, Mark.McKissack, Patricia C.: - Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including Goin' Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; The Dark-Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.