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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
This fourth autobiographical work by Maya Angelou tells of her entry into New York's circle of black artists and writers, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and changes in her personal life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.
"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...
Author
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
The sixth in Maya Angelou's autobiographical series, beginning in 1964 when she returned to the U.S. from Africa to work with Malcolm X, discussing her reaction to his assassination, her firsthand view of the Watts riots, her subsequent work with Martin Luther King Jr., and the impact of his death on her life and career.
Author
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
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Description
In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou moves into the adult world, and the white world as well, as she marries, enters show business, and tours Europe and Africa in Porgy and Bess. As the book opens, Maya, in order to support herself and her young son, gets a job in a record shop run by a white woman. Suspicious of almost any kindness shown her, she is particularly confused...
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