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Author:

Woodson, Jacqueline, author.

Title:

This is the rope : a story from the Great Migration / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by James Ransome.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Migrations--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--History--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Rope--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Migrations--Fiction.
African Americans--History--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Rope--Fiction.
African Americans--History--Fiction.
Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Rope--Fiction.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

Ransome, James, illustrator.

Summary:

A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal starred, July 2013
Library Media Connection starred, January 2014
Pub Weekly, May 2013
Booklist, June 2013
New York Times, August 2013
Horn Book, April 2014
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2013
Kirkus Review, July 2013
School Library Journal starred
Library Media Connection starred
Pub Weekly

ISBN:

1537924494
9781537924496
0425288943
9780425288948 pbk

Locations:

CUPC586 -- Columbus Junction Public Library (Columbus Junction)

VYPA964 -- Fort Atkinson Public Library (Fort Atkinson)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)