{"product_id":"a-voice-of-her-own-candlewick-biographies-the-story-of-phillis-wheatley-slave-poet-9780763660918","title":"A Voice of Her Own: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe moving story of how the first published African-American female poet regained what had been taken away from her and from slaves everywhere: a voice of her own.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We'll call her Phillis.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1761, a young African girl was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, who named her Phillis after the slave schooner that had carried her. Kidnapped from her home in Africa and shipped to America, she'd had everything taken from her - her family, her name, and her language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Phillis Wheatley was no ordinary young girl. She had a passion to learn, and the Wheatleys encouraged her, breaking with unwritten rule in New England to keep slaves illiterate. Amid the tumult of the Revolutionary War, Phillis Wheatley became a poet and ultimately had a book of verse published, establishing herself as the first African American woman poet this country had ever known. She also found what had been taken away from her and from slaves everywhere: a voice of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780763660918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 174 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e67091 \/ Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.9 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kathryn Lasky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642157625500,"sku":"9780763660918","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_05b4d6fd-a474-43d7-99aa-6f980b3c8125.jpg?v=1603854515","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-voice-of-her-own-candlewick-biographies-the-story-of-phillis-wheatley-slave-poet-9780763660918","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}