A Wreath for Emmett Till: A Printz Award Winner Contributor(s): Nelson, Marilyn (Author), Lardy, Philippe (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0547076363 ISBN-13: 9780547076362 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin. In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. In a profound and chilling poem, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2004009205 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.8" W x 7.3" (0.30 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Catalog Heading - Social Studies - Curriculum Strand - Social Studies - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 104613 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: 2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices, to "speak what we see." |
Contributor Bio(s): Lardy, Philippe: - Philippe Tardy is an award winning illustrator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and the Boston Globe.Nelson, Marilyn: - Marilyn Nelson is the author of Carver: A Life in Poems and Fields of Praise. She has won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, a Newbery Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. Marilyn lives in Storrs, Connecticut, where she is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut.Nelson, Marilyn: - Marilyn Nelson is the author of Carver: A Life in Poems and Fields of Praise. She has won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award, the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, a Newbery Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. Marilyn lives in Storrs, Connecticut, where she is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut. |