Title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
Author's Website: http://mayaangelou.com/
ISBN: 978-0-375-50789-2
Publisher: Random House
Copyright Date: 2002 Edition (Original 1969)
Genre: Multi-cultural, Non-Fiction
Reading Level/Interest Age: 15-18
Reading Level/Interest Age: 15-18
Awards: Booklist, 1997.
Plot Summary: Maya Angelou recounts the many trials in her life growing up in Arkansas, including a rape at a very young age and why she stopped talking afterwards.
Critical Evaluation: This remarkable story of tragedy and hardship is brilliantly written. Its almost poetic nature will impact the reader and resonate for days after finishing. Ultimately, we see a perfectly clear depiction of a young child desperate for love.
Critical Evaluation: This remarkable story of tragedy and hardship is brilliantly written. Its almost poetic nature will impact the reader and resonate for days after finishing. Ultimately, we see a perfectly clear depiction of a young child desperate for love.
Reader's Annotation: The autobiography of Maya Angelou.
Booktalking Ideas: Racism, The South,
Booktalking Ideas: Racism, The South,
Challenge issues if any: While the rape scene is intense, and there are references to homosexuality and violence, the narrative is so poetic and haunting, that while outrageous it isn't as offensive as it is horrific.
Why did you include this book: Maya Angelou provides us with insight into the social customs and racism plaguing the US in the 1930s. It is important for teens to realize how unjust the country was at one time.
Quote: "They don't really hate us. They don't know us. How can they hate us? They mostly scared."
Quote: "They don't really hate us. They don't know us. How can they hate us? They mostly scared."
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