Betsey Brown by Shange, Ntozake

Betsey Brown (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312541231)

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Betsey Brown by Shange, Ntozake

Betsey Brown

$18.99
Betsey Brown by Shange, Ntozake

Betsey Brown

$18.99
Format: Paperback
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Praised as "exuberantly engaging" by the Los Angeles Times and a "beautiful, beautiful piece of writing" by the Houston Post, acclaimed artist Ntozake Shange brings to life the story of a young girl's awakening amidst her country's seismic growing pains in Betsey Brown.

Set in St. Louis in 1957, the year of the Little Rock Nine, Shange's story reveals the prismatic effect of racism on an American child and her family. Seamlessly woven into this masterful portrait of an extended family is the story of Betsey's adolescence, the rush of first romance, and the sobering responsibilities of approaching adulthood.



Author: Ntozake Shange
ISBN-10: 0312541236
ISBN-13: 9780312541231
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2010
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 47661 / Betsey Brown
By Ntozake Shange
By Ntozake Shange
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Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) was a renowned playwright, poet, and novelist. Her works include the Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, as well as Some Sing, Some Cry (written with her sister Ifa Bayeza), Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo and Liliane.

Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and a Pushcart Prize. She was a graduate of Barnard and recipient of a Masters in American Studies from University of Southern California.

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