| Becoming Billie Holiday Contributor(s): Weatherford, Carole Boston (Author), Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1635925576 ISBN-13: 9781635925579 Publisher: Wordsong OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Music - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (0.65 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. 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 to become a 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. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion. |