Becoming Billie Holiday
Becoming Billie Holiday
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Becoming Billie Holiday

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford & illustrated by Floyd Cooper
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9 - 12
Reading age
120
Page count
95
Words per page
970L
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Oct 1, 2008
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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.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781590785072
    Publication Date
    October 1, 2008
    Publisher
    Wordsong
    Page Count
    120
    Words Per Page
    95
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    9 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2007051214
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    191846391
    Lexile® Level
    970L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~W
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.8
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    2
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    124496
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    UG

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