jamaica

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jamaica

Ajeemah and his son

1994
A father and his eighteen-year-old son are each affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century.

Rule of the bone

a novel
1996
The story of a troubled fourteen-year-old boy who, upon leaving an abusive homelife, lives on the edge of society, struggling to find himself.

This is reggae music

the story of Jamaica's music
2000
Chronicles the history of reggae music, profiling influential artists, tracing its development, and discussing why it has always been the music of the people of Jamaica.

Doctor Bird

three lookin' up tales from Jamaica
1998
Three stories featuring Doctor Bird, the clever, positive-thinking hummingbird found only in Jamaica.

Pirates!

the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates
2005
At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharpe, set sail from Jamaica on a pirate vessel, hoping to escape from an arranged marriage and slavery.

Blue Mountain trouble

2009
Twins Pollyread and Jackson are saved from a landslide by an extraordinary goat that blocks their path to school; but now the strange goat keeps reappearing each day as the twins' continue to experience a series of mysterious events involving the return of a local troublemaker.

Sports great Patrick Ewing

1992
Describes the life and career of the noted New York Knicks basketball player, from his childhood to the present.

How spider tricked snake

1989
An easy-to-read Jamaican folk tale featuring Anansi the spider.

Bob Marley

musician
2006
Examines the life and achivements of Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley, discussing his childhood, career, influences, death, and reputation.

Reggae

1999
Highlights some of the most influential stars on the reggae scene, including Aswad, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear (Winston Rodney), Prince Buster, and Bob Marley.

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