Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers

<p><strong>An Instant <em>New York Times</em> and Indie Bestseller!</strong></p><p>In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade in an adaptation of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed <em>Barracoon</em>.</p><p><em>This is the life story of Cudjo Lewis as told by himself.</em></p><p>Of the millions of men women and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then the only person alive to tell the story of his capture and bondage--fifty years after the Atlantic human trade was outlawed in the United States. Cudjo shared his firsthand account with legendary folklorist anthropologist and writer Zora Neale Hurston.</p><p>Adapted with care and delivered with age-appropriate historical context by award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi Cudjo's incredible story is now available for young readers and emerging scholars. With powerful illustrations by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson this poignant work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.</p>