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A Wreath for Emmett Till: A Printz Award Winner
Contributor(s): Nelson, Marilyn (Author), Lardy, Philippe (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0547076363     ISBN-13: 9780547076362
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE:   $10.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2009
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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.