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	Woodson, Jacqueline. THIS IS THE ROPE : A STORY FROM THE GREAT MIGRATION New York :  Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin), 2013 IL K-3, RL 4.0 ISBN 0399239863
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	A little girl from South Carolina finds a rope under a tree. The family uses that rope for many things, from playing jump rope games to tying a suitcase on a car. That rope becomes the symbol of the family’s history as they journey from the south to New York City in the north during the Great Migration. Prepared by: Cathy Poole, Lesslie Elementary School, South Carolina Picture Books Award Nominee, 2016)
	SUBJECTS:     African Americans -- History -- Fiction.                         African Americans -- Migrations -- Fiction.                         Family life -- Fiction.                         Picture books for children.                         Rope -- Fiction.

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