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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-10014038359X
ISBN-139780140383591
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038251922
Product Key Features
Book TitleMaya Angelou : Journey of the Heart
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Literary, People & Places / United States / African American, Girls & Women, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorJayne Pettit
Book SeriesRainbow Biography Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight2.8 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey Decimal818/.5409 B
SynopsisPoet, writer, activist, entertainer, professor: Maya Angelou is all of these. Her remarkable story includes a childhood trauma, a leading role in an opera, her activism in the civil rights movement, and her devotion to poetry, writing, and teaching to promote the cause of all African-Americans. Based in part on Maya's autobiography, this is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman. "Pettit makes [Angelou's] stirring story accessible...while retaining a strong sense of Angelou's personal voice. -- Booklist, Poet, writer, activist, entertainer, professor: Maya Angelou is all of these. Her remarkable story includes a childhood trauma, a leading role in an opera, her activism in the civil rights movement, and her devotion to poetry, writing, and teaching to promote the cause of all African-Americans. Based in part on Maya's autobiography, this is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman. "Pettit makes Angelou's] stirring story accessible...while retaining a strong sense of Angelou's personal voice. -- Booklist