Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World
by James Haskins, Kathleen Benson, and Floyd Cooper
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1999
Word Count 8,461
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1220L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 29556
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile literature
- America
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Slavery
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Africa
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
- Slave-trade
- History
- Africa
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Slave trade
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About the Authors 7
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2020
Commended, 2000
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