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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi

ISBN: 9781406312485
Release Date: 06 Oct 2008
Average rating: (read by 2 members)

Categories: Historical fiction

This is a moving historical novel based on the story of Phillis Wheatley - the first African American female poet. It is an intriguing and moving story of a young girl kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold, in 1761, as a slave to the wealthy Wheatley family of Boston. Phillis Wheatley - as she comes to be known - has a keen intelligence and a knack for learning. When the family discover her gift for writing poetry, they begin to mould her future by having her 'perform' for influential guests. Eventually, she is sent to England, where her work is finally published - the first book of poetry by an African American woman. However, all the trappings of success do nothing to change the fact that she is still a slave.

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I didn’t actually realise when I got this book that it was actually aimed at Young Adults, but now I am glad I did. Whilst I would think the appeal would be more to the older end of the age range, it also offers something for the ‘regular’ adult...

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