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Kin: Rooted in Hope
Rooted in Hope
written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
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A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Ages 8–12 · Grades 3–7
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