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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Contributor(s): Angelou, Maya (Author), Winfrey, Oprah (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0375507892     ISBN-13: 9780375507892
Publisher: Random House
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2002
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Annotation: In the first volume of an extraordinary autobiographical series, one of the most inspiring authors of our time recalls--with candor, humor, poignancy and grace--how her journey began....

"From the Trade Paperback edition.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2001041914
Lexile Measure: 1010(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.75" W x 8.57" L (0.91 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 22
Ebony 12/01/2014 pg. 30
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 8660
Reading Level: 6.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 13.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.

Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity."--James Baldwin

 
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