{"product_id":"9780064405232","title":"Ajeemah and His Son","description":"In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa while en route to deliver a dowry to Atu's bride-to-be. Ajeemah and Atu are then taken to Jamaica and sold to neighboring plantations'never to see one another again. \"Readers will come away with a new sense of respect for those who maintained their dignity and humanity under the cruelest of circumstances.\"'SLJ. \"Each moment here of the Jamaican-born poet's terse, melodious narrative is laden with emotion. . . . Brilliant, complex, powerfully written.\"––K. \u003cp\u003e Notable Children's Book of 1993 (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)\u003cbr\u003e1992 Books for Youth Editors' Choices (BL)\u003cbr\u003eNotable 1992 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS\/CBC)\u003cbr\u003eBulletin Blue Ribbons 1992 (C)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1993 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)\u003cbr\u003eChildren's Books of 1992 (Library of Congress)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43082857644093,"sku":"9780064405232","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780064405232_p0.jpg?v=1775174003","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780064405232","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}