Larger	Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship: Station Stop 3 (All Aboard Reading) Author: Patricia McKissack
	Book Information Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Book Type: Paperback Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780448439006 - ISBN-10: 044843900X Publication Date: 12/29/2005 Pages: 48 Reading Level: Ages 9-12

In Spanish, Amistad means friendship. It was also the name of a slave ship. In 1838, the Amistad took hundreds of kidnapped Africans on a long journey across the Atlantic, but the brave captives would not give up their freedom, taking over the ship so they could sail back to their homeland. Patricia C. McKissack, Caldecott and Newbery Honor Winner as well as a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, recounts an amazing chapter in American history for beginning readers.