| A Little Piece of Sky Contributor(s): Williams, Nicole Bailey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0767912160 ISBN-13: 9780767912167 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: A poignant, powerful debut that combines the deep emotion of "The House on Mango Street with uniquely creative storytelling. Unfolding in a series of tiny vignettes, "A Little Piece of Sky introduces an endearing new novelist and a truly unforgettable main character. In the first few chapters we meet a little girl named Song Byrd, who keenly reports on the world around her. She is African American (in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood), unwanted (conceived during an adulterous affair), and poor in the material sense but extraordinarily rich in spirit. In piercingly insightful prose, Nicole Bailey-Williams takes readers on Song's journey through life as she struggles against outsider status and intense guilt over her mother's murder. Behind it all, places of pure joy, "dreaming the hurt away," and glorious little pieces of sky shine through. Song's tales--and Bailey-Williams's narrative gift--are truly words to treasure. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Urban - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001051949 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.16" W x 8.08" (0.34 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 66992 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A poignant, powerful debut that combines the deep emotion of The House on Mango Street with uniquely creative storytelling, painting a story of survival and healing. Unfolding in a series of vignettes, A Little Piece of Sky introduces an endearing new novelist and a truly unforgettable main character--Song Byrd, a young girl who keenly reports on the world around her. She is African American in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood and the unwanted product of an adulterous affair. While she is poor in the material sense, Song is extraordinarily rich in spirit and it is that inner strength which saves her. In piercingly insightful prose, Nicole Bailey-Williams takes readers on Song's journey through life as she struggles with feeling like an outsider and intense guilt over her mother's murder. Behind it all, places of pure joy, "dreaming the hurt away," and glorious little pieces of sky shine through. Song's tales--and Bailey-Williams's narrative gift--are truly words to treasure. |