Bound for Jamaica (Read On)

by Gareth Calway

Natalie Packer and Alan Gibbons (Editor)

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Between 1500 and 1800, over 12 million Africans were sold into slavery. This is the story of one boy who is kidnapped, sold and transported as a slave across the Atlantic from West Africa to a sugar plantation in Jamaica.

The story of slavery told through a mixture of narrative and factual history. Find out the real story of the thousands of Africans taken from their homeland to work as slaves in the Americas and the Caribbean.

*Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3b to Level 3a in reading.
*Support comprehension with the illustrations and historical images that bring to life the experience of slavery.
*Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.

  • ISBN10 0007464827
  • ISBN13 9780007464821
  • Publish Date 10 September 2012
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint Collins Educational