In the time of the drums By Siegleson, Kim L.

Title: In the time of the drums

Author: Siegleson, Kim L.

Illustration: Brian Pinkney

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Comments

CIP Info Mentu, and American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.

This is a great book about passing on traditions, stories and history. It is also a story of how slaves kept their spirits up. This story can also be told as a ghost story on how the slaves walked back to Africa under the water. This book deserved the Corretta Scott King award. This is a great book to add to any collection. The illustrations are ok, but not as intense as they could be. The illustrator played into the mystery of the story very well.