| How I Discovered Poetry / Marilyn Nelson; Illustrations by Hadley Hooper Contributor(s): Nelson, Marilyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0147510058 ISBN-13: 9780147510051 Publisher: Rocky Pond Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Literary - Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.20 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 166214 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America's most celebrated poets. Looking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her development as an artist and young woman through fifty eye-opening poems. Readers are given an intimate portrait of her growing self-awareness and artistic inspiration along with a larger view of the world around her: racial tensions, the Cold War era, and the first stirrings of the feminist movement. A first-person account of African-American history, this is a book to study, discuss, and treasure. |