A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet (Candlewick Biographies)
by Kathryn Lasky (Author) Paul Lee (Illustrator)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Candlewick Biographies
"Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley's life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world." -- Booklist
In 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.
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Review quotes
Lasky's lyrical text combines perfectly with Paul Lee's illustrations to convey Wheatly's remarkable spirit, as well as the tumultuous times in which she lived.
—Washington Post Book World Lasky shows how Wheatley's struggle for personal identity and respect paralleled the prevailing political talk of freedom and revolution. Lee's carefully researched paintings give a vivid picture of colonial Boston through the eyes of an extraordinary woman.
—San Francisco Chronicle In this moving picture book, biographer Kathryn Lasky traces important themes in Phillis's poetry while noting the terrible way slavery rendered so many voiceless.
—Washington Parent Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley's life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world.
—Booklist
—Washington Post Book World Lasky shows how Wheatley's struggle for personal identity and respect paralleled the prevailing political talk of freedom and revolution. Lee's carefully researched paintings give a vivid picture of colonial Boston through the eyes of an extraordinary woman.
—San Francisco Chronicle In this moving picture book, biographer Kathryn Lasky traces important themes in Phillis's poetry while noting the terrible way slavery rendered so many voiceless.
—Washington Parent Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley's life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world.
—Booklist
Kathryn Lasky
Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over 100 books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series and the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as iA Time for Courage/i and other Dear America titles. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed historical fiction titles, such as iBeyond the Burning Time/i and iTrue North/i. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780763664275
Lexile Measure
940
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
September 11, 2012
Series
Candlewick Biographies
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
Library of Congress categories
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