{"product_id":"kin-rooted-in-hope-carole-boston-weatherford-hardcover","title":"Kin: Rooted in Hope -- Carole Boston Weatherford, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful 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\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665913621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including \u003ci\u003eYou Can Fly \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by her son Jeffery; \u003ci\u003eBox\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Newbery Honor; \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Coretta Scott King award, a Caldecott honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eRespect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and Caldecott Honor winners \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com. \u003ci\u003eYou Can Fly \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by her son Jeffery; \u003ci\u003eBox\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Newbery Honor; \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Coretta Scott King award, a Caldecott honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eRespect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and Caldecott Honor winners \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJeffery Boston Weatherford is an award-winning children's book illustrator and a performance poet. He has lectured, performed, and led art and writing workshops in the US, the Middle East, and West Africa. Jeffery was a Romare Bearden Scholar at Howard University, where he earned an MFA in painting and studied under members of the Black Arts Movement collective AfriCobra. A North Carolina native and resident, Jeffery has exhibited his art in North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Visit him at CBWeatherford.com.","brand":"Carole Boston Weatherford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45067328061668,"sku":"9781665913621","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781665913621.jpg?v=1719555566","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/kin-rooted-in-hope-carole-boston-weatherford-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}