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A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
By Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by Paul Lee
This is the story of a young woman who became the first Black poet in America.
In 1761, a young African 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 Wheatley was no ordinary young girl. She had a passion to learn, and the Wheatleys encouraged her, breaking with unwritten rule in New England to keep slaves illiterate. Amid the tumult of the Revolutionary War, Phillis Wheatley became a poet and ultimately had a book of verse published.
- "Lasky offers…intimate projections throughout, affording convincing approximations of Wheatley's intelligence and sensitivity." Publishers Weekly
About the author
Kathryn Lasky is the author of many books for children, including "Sugaring Time", a Newbery Honor Book.
About the illustrator
Paul Lee is a painter and freelance illustrator. He has illustrated the acclaimed "Amistad Rising" by Veronica Chambers, and "The Good Luck Cat" by Joy Harjo.
ISBN:
9780763628789
Imprint:
Candlewick Press
Distributor:
TL Distribution in Australia & Macmillan Publishers in New Zealand
Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
January 1, 2006
Dimensions:
200 x 300mm, 40pp
Stock Status:
Backlist title
Australian RRP:
$15.95
New Zealand RRP:
$17.99
Stock Level:
No Stock