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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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0553279378
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Horrifyingly truthful
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Reader reviewed by Emily
My English class read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings our sophomore year of high school, which I think was an appropriate level for the book. Based on the author's childhood and young adulthood, Maya Angelou's novel illustrates the life of an African American girl in the pre-civil rights American south. Filled with heart-wrenching anecdotes about discrimination, fear, and confusion, and dotted with the occasional happy ending, Angelou's tale successfully paints a picture of the horrid combination of puberty and racism. It's an eye-opening novel that won't leave you smiling, but is worth reading all the more so as a result.
My English class read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings our sophomore year of high school, which I think was an appropriate level for the book. Based on the author's childhood and young adulthood, Maya Angelou's novel illustrates the life of an African American girl in the pre-civil rights American south. Filled with heart-wrenching anecdotes about discrimination, fear, and confusion, and dotted with the occasional happy ending, Angelou's tale successfully paints a picture of the horrid combination of puberty and racism. It's an eye-opening novel that won't leave you smiling, but is worth reading all the more so as a result.
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