Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad
When a drought hits her homeland in Sierra Leone, nine-year-old Magulu is sold as a pawn by her father in exchange for rice. But before she can work off her debt, an unthinkable chain of events unfolds: a capture by slave traders; weeks in a dark and airless hold; a landing in Cuba, where she and three other children are sold and taken aboard the Amistad; a mutiny aboard ship; a trial in New Haven that eventually goes all the way to the Supreme Court and is argued in the Africans favor by John Quincy Adams. Narrated in a remarkable first-person voice, this fictionalized book of memories of a real-life figure retells history through the eyes of a child from seeing mirrors for the first time and struggling with laughably complicated clothing to longing for family and a home she never forgets. Lush, full-color illustrations by Robert Byrd, plus archival photographs and documents, bring an extraordinary journey to life.
Target age group 10 and up
Target age group 10 and up
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CategoryJuvenile Fiction
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Age Group9 to 12 yrs
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Grade Level5+
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LanguageEnglish
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BindingPaperback
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Theme 1History
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Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeUnited States - African-American
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AuthorEdinger, Monica
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Lexile Level890
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AR Level5.3
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DeweyFiction
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PublisherScholastic, Inc.
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Publication Date1/1/2013
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Pages64
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Dimensions0.2 H x 9.0 L x 7.5 W
