I know why the caged bird sings
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ISBN:
9780553279375
9780345514400
9780394429861
9780812980028
9781588369253
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Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.7, 13 Points
Level 6.7, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
1010L
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| Grouped Work ID | 693d487a-1e7f-6980-f17e-27c10b332b77 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | i know why the caged bird sings |
| Grouping Author | maya angelou |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-09-21 15:10:03PM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-09-21 15:11:25PM |
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An African American woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums in the 1930's and 1940's.
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma. The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age of 16. In the course of Caged Bird, Maya transforms from a victim of racism with an inferiority complex into a self-possessed, dignified young woman capable of responding to prejudice"--Wikipedia, viewed November 2, 2020.
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American authors -- Biography
American authors -- Homes -- Arkansas
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Biography
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I know why the caged bird sings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou
I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou
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I know why the caged bird sings
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African American women authors
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Black people
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Childhood and youth of a person
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