Publisher Description
A 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, Never Forgotten is an affecting story of slavery from Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack. This "poetic celebration of loss and redemption" (Kirkus Reviews) takes place in West Africa, where a young boy is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Left behind, the boy's father faces his grief - but then hope springs from the darkness.
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About Patricia McKissack
Patricia McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including Goin’ Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; The Dark-Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.