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A voice of her own : the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet Cover Image Book

A voice of her own : the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet / Kathryn Lasky.

Lasky, Kathryn. (Author). Lee, Paul, (illustrator.). Lee, Paul (Paul C.), (illustrator.).

Summary:

A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0763602523
  • ISBN: 9780763602529
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2003.

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Target Audience Note:
940L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 1 67091.

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Subject: Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 > Juvenile literature.
African American poets > Biography > Juvenile literature.
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African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > Juvenile biography.
Enlaved persons.
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Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Poets, American.
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Poets, American > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography.
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Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cleveland County Library System. (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cleveland County Main Library E LAS (Text) 22281500013622 Easy Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library JB WHEATLEY (Text) 540191001666615 Juvenile Biography Available -
Carver School Road Branch JB WHEATLEY (Text) 0112512124846 Juvenile Biography Available -
Elkin Public Library JB WHEATLEY (Text) 80001000623463 Juvenile Biography Available -
Farmville Public Library J B WHEATLEY (Text) 23900000034910 Juvenile Biography Available -
Forsyth Central JB WHEATLEY, PHILLIS (Text) 0112512120125 Juvenile Biography Available -
Forsyth Central JB WHEATLEY, PHILLIS (Text) 0112515869876 Juvenile Biography Available -
Goldsboro Library JB WHEATLEY (Text) 900000000195272 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Gunn Memorial Public Library J B WHEATLEY (Text) 34621200081993 Juvenile Biography Available -
Hampton B. Allen Library JB WHEATLEY (Text) 18198000382145 Juvenile Biography In process -
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