This Is the Rope

A Story from the Great Migration

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  • The
  • story
  • of
  • one
  • family’s
  • journey
  • north
  • during
  • the
  • Great
  • Migration
  • starts
  • with
  • a
  • little
  • girl
  • in
  • South
  • Carolina
  • who
  • finds
  • a
  • rope
  • under
  • a
  • tree
  • one
  • summer.
  • She
  • has
  • no
  • idea
  • the
  • rope
  • will
  • become
  • part
  • of
  • her
  • family’s
  • history.
  • But
  • for
  • three
  • generations,
  • that
  • rope
  • is
  • passed
  • down,
  • used
  • for
  • everything
  • from
  • jump
  • rope
  • games
  • to
  • tying
  • suitcases
  • onto
  • a
  • car
  • for
  • the
  • big
  • move
  • north
  • to
  • New
  • York
  • City,
  • and
  • even
  • for
  • a
  • family
  • reunion
  • where
  • that
  • first
  • little
  • girl
  • is
  • now
  • a
  • grandmother.Newbery
  • Honor–winning
  • author
  • Jacqueline
  • Woodson
  • and
  • Coretta
  • Scott
  • King
  • Award–winning
  • illustrator
  • James
  • Ransome
  • use
  • the
  • rope
  • to
  • frame
  • a
  • thoughtful
  • and
  • moving
  • story
  • as
  • readers
  • follow
  • the
  • little
  • girl’s
  • journey.
  • During
  • the
  • time
  • of
  • the
  • Great
  • Migration,
  • millions
  • of
  • African
  • American
  • families
  • relocated
  • from
  • the
  • South,
  • seeking
  • better
  • opportunities.
  • With
  • grace
  • and
  • poignancy,
  • Woodson’s
  • lilting
  • storytelling
  • and
  • Ransome’s
  • masterful
  • oil
  • paintings
  • of
  • country
  • and
  • city
  • life
  • tell
  • a
  • rich
  • story
  • of
  • a
  • family
  • adapting
  • to
  • change
  • as
  • they
  • hold
  • on
  • to
  • the
  • past
  • and
  • embrace
  • the future.
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