About this title: Two hundred and fifty years in the life of an African-American family, from the slavery era up to the present. The story begins when 11-year-old Muhammad Bilal is kidnapped from his home in West Africa, transported to the U.S. on a slave ship, and sold to the owner of a planation in South Carolina. In the generations that follow, Muhammad's ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780590458986ISBN:0590458981
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 375 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. Very good copy, very clean-no marks or tears inside or out. No creases in binding or cover. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780590458986ISBN:0590458981
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. No marks. Very light cover crease. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 375 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Ex library. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780590458986ISBN:0590458981
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 375 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. Could be a later printing. Nice smooth clean copy. Just a tad of wear. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780590458986ISBN:0590458981
Description: Like New. Book is in the same condition as it was published. Book may have been previsouly read. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with a satisfying customer experience. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Date Published: 1996-01-01
ISBN-13:9780590458986ISBN:0590458981
Description: Very Good. Light shelf wear. No spine wear. Appears to be an unread copy. Tracking # with every domestic order. Daily shipping! ! ! read more
"This excellent novel traces a black family from the first ancestor brought to America from Africa to a young descendant searching for who he is and where he belongs in 1994's world and finding part of his answer in his family. These two characters form the ends of the novel, a series of intersecting stories of the rest of the family surviving as slaves at the time of the Civil War, struggling against the KKK at the turn of the century, reacting against tradition in the 1930's, participating in the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1960's. The novel gives a good picture of what it means to be black, but at the same time portrays positive ways in which family supports and survives struggling African Americans. Positive and sensitively told."
the story shows the progression of a black family throughout american history. the book was fine... the stories got a bit boring, but i liked the way the author preserved its theme and managed to keep it flowing throughout the entire book."
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