Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering...