Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley

by Ann Rinaldi

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Local notes

921 Whe

Barcode

6307

Publication

Gulliver Books Paperbacks (1996), Edition: 1, 352 pages

Description

A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained renown throughout the colonies as an important black American poet.

Subjects

African Americans Fiction

Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction

Poets Fiction

Slaves Fiction

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 Fiction

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Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 Juvenile fiction

Women poets Fiction

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Awards

Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1997)

Notable Book for a Global Society (1997)

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1993

Physical description

352 p.; 4.25 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member chrisriggleman

I like the authors take on Phillis. She made her the perfect sassy little thing. It is great to see everything that Phillis accomplished in her life. And, very saddening only to see those wonderful accolades come crashing down around her after she married and started her own life, outside the

Wheatley family.
Phillis had an impact in the American Revolution. Wether she is given credit in history is one thing. She wrote beautiful letter filled to the brim with her poetry about how slavery and the revolution were linked together.
A great read on a very important trailblazer in the black community.

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LibraryThing member amroczkowski

I used this novel with my 8th-grade class. It offered enough historical facts that it went perfectly with the unit I was doing. It is well written in a language that is easy to follow and understand.
It allows the reader to see the effect the American Revolution and slavery had on the individuals

who experienced it firsthand.

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