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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100152018034

ISBN-139780152018030

eBay Product ID (ePID)802813

Product Key Features

Book TitleAmistad Rising : a Story of Freedom

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTravel, Historical / General, People & Places / Africa, Historical / United States / General, General, History / United States / 19th Century

Publication Year1998

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorVeronica Chambers

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight17.3 Oz

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width8.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN97-027987

Grade FromSecond Grade

Grade ToFifth Grade

Dewey DecimalE

SynopsisJoseph Cinqué is afraid he'll never see his family again. Kidnapped by slave traders and sold at auction, he finds himself chained in the hull of a cramped ship, Amistad, with more than fifty other Africans--including a few children. Cinqué must do something. But what? In this truly epic adventure, Joseph Cinqué wants only one thing: freedom. But what he achieves, with the help of former president John Quincy Adams, is far, far greater--Joseph Cinqué makes history., Joseph Cinque is afraid he ll never see his family again. Kidnapped by slave traders and sold at auction, he finds himself chained in the hull of a cramped ship, "Amistad, "with more than fifty other Africans--including a few children. Cinque must do something. But what? In this truly epic adventure, Joseph Cinque wants only one thing: freedom. But what he achieves, with the help of former president John Quincy Adams, is far, far greater--Joseph Cinque makes history.", A wise and bitter novel about memory and death. "New Yorker ...The reader will be grateful for this memoir of the times. "New York Times Book Review What you hear is Cat's voice, which is also the voice of a generation...Maspero has written a novel that has at its center the particulars of a believable character's anguish and sorrow "a novel this is about the enduring truths of loving and surviving. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch A bitter, finely detailed, authentic coming-of-age novel. "Kirkus Reviews Hiding quietly behind his Cheshire grin, Cat has seen that men do terrible things to one another, and that they invent lies to justify their acts. In Paris, he has befriended a young bar attendant and, through her, he is introduced to a world as cruel as anything he saw during the war. Here, in the streets and cafes, the violence is aimed at women....Cat's Grin is an exceptionally fine novel, a wise and humane look at a world that is both shocking and familiar. "San Francisco Chronicle

LC Classification NumberPZ7.C3575Am 1998