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Title: The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo by Tom Feelings, John Henrik, Dr Clarke ISBN: 0-8037-1804-7 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: November, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Artistically Truthful
Comment: While teaching the 6 traits of writing to middle school students, I was given The Middle Passage to use as an example of a book with strong voice. The book completely awed me with its dark, powerful images. Page after page, the illustrations evoke incredibly strong emotional reactions in the reader despite the absence of words. While the story is certainly worth sharing and keeping alive, the black and white drawings are graphic enough that I decided to save the book for a time when I could provide students with more background information to prepare them for the harsh realities depicted. This is a book that I will keep in my collection because of its artistic power, historical accuracy, and vivid impact.
Rating: 1
Summary: Too Scary for Kids
Comment: This is a book that is too dark and scary for children. The book contains black and white illustrations of violent and frightening scenes. One implies slave rape. Another shows rats eating the corpses of dead Africans. One quote from the introduction states, "many [Africans]... chose suicide--mainly by jumping into the shark-infested ocean," As someone who has a Masters degree in early American history, I think discussing this subject is vital to the American dialogue. However, the style of this book is not fit for a child. I would rank this book without a star if Amazon's rating system would allow me to do so.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Power is Speechless
Comment: This book brings out soo many emotions. Words need not be said..... just look..... A story that is told so very vividly... the pictures soo strong... the pain soo clear. I didn't realize it was a children's book, I got it because of the power in the pictures.
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Title: Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Tom Feelings, Maya Angelou ISBN: 0140565019 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation: A Three-Dimensional Interactive Book with Photographs and Documents from the Black Holocaust Exhibit by VELMA MAIA THOMAS ISBN: 0609600303 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 07 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester, Rod Brown ISBN: 0140566694 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: An American Plague : The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy ISBN: 0395776082 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 23 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes ISBN: 0679883479 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 03 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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