| Becoming Billie Holiday Contributor(s): Weatherford, Carole Boston (Author), Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 159078507X ISBN-13: 9781590785072 Publisher: Wordsong OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 7, 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter. She named her Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanoras journey into legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her lifea voice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Music - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music - Jazz |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007051214 |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.9" W x 9.6" (1.07 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 124496 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before the legend of Billie Holiday, there was a girl named Eleanora. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey into legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life--a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Billie Holiday sang as if she had lived each lyric, and in many ways she had. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles Eleanora Fagan's metamorphosis into Billie Holiday. The author examines the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion in this Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner. With stunning art by Floyd Cooper, this book provides a revealing look at a cultural icon. |