A Voice of Her Own: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet

from lekenned

This was a really great biography about the slave poet Phillis Wheatley. I could use this book when teaching about early American history, slavery, or poetry

from kaamstutz

This informational picture book focuses on the life and times of Phillis Wheatley, an African American slave and poet. The book begins with Phillis' traumatic kidnapping and horrific journey to Boston aboard a slave ship. It recounts how her owner, Susannah Wheatley, saw in Phillis an innate desi...

from AbigailAdams26

Opening in 1761, as a young girl sits miserably huddled in the hold of a slave ship bound for the Americas, A Voice of Her Own is a picture-book examination of the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American poet ever to be published. Purchased by the wealthy Wheatley family of Boston, a...

from meblack19

This is a wonderful little gem of a book about Phillis Wheatley, a woman who was brought to the United States aboard a slave ship and sold into slavery to a Boston family in 1761. She knew no English, but learned to read and write and eventually became a poet. She was the first slave to have a bo...

from jessy555

Genre: Biography Critique of Genre: This is a wonderful biography of an African American girl brought to America and thrown into slavery, but "changed her stars" you might say, with the help of her owners. Her "mother," the woman who owned her and took Phillis under her wing, encouraged her to ge...