Revolutionary Poet
A Story about Phillis Wheatley
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Taken from her family in Africa at the age of seven, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston as a slave in 1761. After she was purchased by the Wheatley family, Phillis quickly learned to speak and read English. The bright young girl soon began writing poetry. By 1771, her poems had been published in newspapers all over the colonies, and critics were praising the “extraordinary negro poetess.” In this engaging biography, author Maryann Weidt tells the story of how a young slave girl in revolutionary Boston became an internationally famous poet and the first black American to publish a book.
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978-0-8225-8913-6
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$25.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 64 |
| Publication Date | 2012-01-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 4.8 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007000, JNF007030, JNF007050 |
| Dewey | 811'.1 |
| Graphics | 1-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 5.875 x 8.5 |
| Lexile | 890 |
| Guided Reading Level | R |
| ATOS Reading Level | 6.3 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 15531 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Index, Maps, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Teaching Guides |
Author: Maryann N. Weidt
Illustrator: Mary O'Keefe Young
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Creative Minds Biographies
Meet some of the world’s most creative minds! Written in story format, these episodic biographies give clear, straightforward accounts of historical figures’ lives. Each true story is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. View available downloads →