My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou
by Diallo, Kadiatou
Christopher AwardAfricaMisc./OtherMoving to a New AreaParents & Parental FiguresDaughters, Sons, & Nonbinary OffspringNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen AgeViolence
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AR Book Level
5.6
AR Points
13
Word Count
85,461
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
86487 EN
About this book
The author describes her early life in the restrictive African-Islamic culture of Guinea and discusses the life and death of her firstborn son, Amadou, who was shot nineteen times by New York City police officers in February 1999.