Phillis Wheatley: The Inspiring Life Story of the American Poet

By Robin S. Doak

Book Overview

A young, sickly Phillis Wheatley was brought to Massachusetts as a slave. She grew up in two worlds treated well and educated but still enslaved. In her short life she wrote nearly 150 poems and became the first African-American poet to publish a book. She died alone and in poverty, but her poems live on. They provide a unique perspective on life in colonial America in the late 1700s.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756551668
• ISBN13: 9780756551667
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Compass Point Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7