Siegelson, Kim L.

In the time of the drums / Kim L. Siegelson ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney. - 1st ed. - New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for children, c1999. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.

ISBN: 078680436X 0786823860 (library edition)

LCCN: 98030347

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slave insurrections--Fiction.
Afro-Americans--Fiction.
Igbo (African people)--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S56657 / In 1999

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]