Homeland My Father Dreams of Palestine Cover:Hardcover eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then

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

his dream of writing poetry

two Coretta Scott King Honors for Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land

“Candice Iloh’s beautifully crafted narrative about family

Powerful and humorous

Homeland My Father Dreams of Palestine Cover:Hardcover eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis was thenA father and his daughters may not be able to return home . . . but they can celebrate stories of their homeland! As bedtime approaches, three young girls eagerly await the return of their father who tells them stories of a faraway homelandPalestine. Through their father's memories, the Old City of Jerusalem comes to life: the sounds of juice vendors beating rhythms with brass cups, the smell of argileh drifting through windows, and the sight of doves