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Aminata is 11, she has just seen things that no 11 year old should see. She is then chained, stripped, and forced to walk for 3 months to an awaiting ship bound for America. She now has to learn how to survive.
This was a really wonderful story. It involves heartache, happiness, horror, and everything in between. Aminata may have been born free in her village in Africa, but she quickly becomes a slave. She learns to read and write and becomes the voice of other slaves that she meets and ones that ...more
This was a really wonderful story. It involves heartache, happiness, horror, and everything in between. Aminata may have been born free in her village in Africa, but she quickly becomes a slave. She learns to read and write and becomes the voice of other slaves that she meets and ones that ...more
This is a book to read more than once. I was afraid it would be depressing but I found it highly uplifting! Wonderfully written and most likely will be made in a movie soon.
Amazing story and execution. Lawrence Hill is highly successful at writing a believable story from a girl/woman's point of view. This book is excellent.
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