The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life--a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsong
Published: 01/11/2022
ISBN: 9781635925579
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 124496 / Becoming Billie Holiday
Reading Level: 5.8 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 2
