This title is licensed for public performance by the MPLC umbrella license. 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 the 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.

Title from container. "Includes read-along option" Book written by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by James Ransome.