I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Penguin Readers - Level 6

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings recounts the trials and tribulations of Maya Angelou's life growing up as an impoverished black woman in the southern United States. Its story reveals the prejudice, poverty, and hardship suffered during that time, but also the importance of love, hope and dignity

Caged View (An Urban Fantasy Collection Of Short Stories) (Habitat .5)

Since the 1970s humans have forced supernaturals to live in caged cities known as habitats. Each habitat is themed and organized by a particular religion. All supernaturals are tagged at birth with silver brands embedded in their foreheads identifying them by species: a full moon for Vampires, a crescent moon for Shifters, a pair of wings for Fairies, an X for Mixbreeds, and the list goes on, for each supernatural species has been tagged and categorized by humans.

 

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the 1969 autobiography about the early years of African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a six-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma. The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age of 17.