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"Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) wrote short, often-enigmatic poems that are widely anthologized, quoted, and read by students of every age. Yet, as widely known as her poetry is, Dickinson as a person is considered to have been an inscrutable recluse--a silent figure who wore only white, wrote in secret, never left her Amherst, Massachusetts, home, and had no interest in sharing her poetry with others. In Becoming Emily, young readers will learn how--while...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Amanda Gorman. Readers learn about Gorman's early life in which she became Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, her work at Harvard University where she became National Youth Poet Laureate, and her reading at the 2021 presidential inauguration" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Poet Amanda Gorman delivered her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 presidential inauguration, winning wide acclaim. Read about Gorman's early life, her children's and poetry books, and what she plans to do next"--
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"An exploration of the life and work of 19th-century American writer Emily Dickinson, whose poetry is known for its emotional depth as well as its unconventional rhythms and structure"--
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003
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1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
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English
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A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.
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Curbstone Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, Am?rica Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
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112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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"From an early age, Little Amanda read everything she could get her hands on, from books to cereal boxes. Growing up with an auditory processing disorder and a speech impediment, Amanda had to work hard, but ultimately she took great strength from her experiences. After hearing her teacher read aloud to the class, she knew that she wanted to become a poet, and nothing would stand in her way. At the age of 19, she became America's first-ever National...
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