The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
by Hamilton, Virginia
SLJ Best BookCoretta Scott King Award/Honors8Folklore/Fables/MythsEnslaved PeopleBlack PeopleNY Times Editor's ChoiceNY Public Library 100 Best Titles
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AR Book Level
4.3
AR Points
4
Word Count
27,588
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
44962 EN
About this book
These are retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.