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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Russell Freedman , Je Nie FlemingPublisher: HarperAudio Imprint: HarperAudio Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9798200916757Publication Date: 01 February 2022 Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsa fully realized portrait of a musical artist and her times...an outstanding, handsome biography. Freedman at his best. KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred reviews Kirkus Reviews, Starred a masterful biography...The prose is sharp and clean with generous use of quotations...a superb choice. VOYA VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Freedman offers the story of a movement encapsulated in the biography of an extraordinary African-American woman. BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Freedman provides thrilling accounts...copious quotes...allow her resonant voice--and personal grace--to fill these pages...An engrossing biography. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review Publishers Weekly, Starred In his signature prose, plain yet eloquent. Freedman tells Anderson's triumphant story . . . Older readers and adults will want this too. BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA This inspiting work once again demonstrates Freedman's talent for showing how a person's life is molded by its historical and cultural context. SLJ School Library Journal, Starred Author InformationRussell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |