Overview
"Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley’s life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world." — BooklistIn 1761, a young girl was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, who named her Phillis after the slave schooner that had carried her. Kidnapped from her home in Africa and shipped to America, she’d had everything taken from her-her family, her name, and her language. But Phillis had a passion to learn. Amid the tumult of the Revolutionary War, Phillis Wheatley became a poet and ultimately had a book of verse published, establishing herself as the first African- American woman poet this country had ever known.
Back matter includes an author’s note, an illustrator’s note, sources, and an index.
The book, A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet: Candlewick Biographies (Candlewick Biographies) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780763660918 in Paperback by Kathryn Lasky may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
09/11/2012
ISBN-10:
0763660914
ISBN-13:
9780763660918
Pages:
48
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
