J. Patrick Lewis

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1) Blackbeard, the pirate king: several yarns detailing the legends, myths, and real-life adventures of history's most notorious seaman : told in verse

Author

Lewis, J. Patrick

Pub. Date

[2006]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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The real-life adventures and myths of the most notorious pirate to ever scour the oceans, 18th century Pirate King Edward Teach, have inspired a collection of biographical poems by J. Patrick Lewis. This picture book combines history, adventure, geography, and poetry in a treasure trove of rhymes about Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty seadogs. While Lewis's swashbuckling verse celebrates Blackbeard's mystique, the author's extensive historical note...

2) Harlem hellfighters

Author

Lewis, J. Patrick

Pub. Date

2014.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

1210L

Language

English

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"A regiment of African American soldiers from Harlem journeys across the Atlantic to fight alongside the French in World War I, inspiring a continent with their brand of jazz music"--

3) Freedom like sunlight: praisesongs for Black Americans

Author

Lewis, J. Patrick

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Presents poems and brief biographical notes about such well-known African Americans as: Arthur Ashe, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., "Satchel" Paige, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Marian Anderson, Malcolm X, Wilma Rudolph, and Billie Holiday.