{"product_id":"a-voice-of-her-own-kathryn-lasky-9780763660918","title":"A Voice of Her Own: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley's life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eBack matter includes an author's note, an illustrator's note, sources, and an index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Lasky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0763660914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780763660918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e67091 \/ Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 174 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw","brand":"Kathryn Lasky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049958994175,"sku":"9780763660918","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f9e1ddf-6631-42e2-acd3-fbbadd596715.jpg?v=1685004376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-voice-of-her-own-kathryn-lasky-9780763660918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}