I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
(9780345514400 / 25842547) - AR level: 6 - AR quiz number: 8660 - AR quiz points: 13 - ISBN: 9780345514400 - Pages: 304 - Price: 7.99 - Maya Angelou - Pocket Books - Reissue - Random House Inc - New York, United States
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The book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou is an autobiography that tells the story of the author's childhood in the 1930s and 1940s in the American South. It was published in 1969 and has since become a classic work of African American literature.
The book follows Maya Angelou as she grows up in Stamps, Arkansas with her older brother Bailey. Their mother sends them to live with their grandmother after their father leaves the family. Life in Stamps is hard for the children, who face poverty and racial prejudice from the white residents of the town.
One day, when Maya is eight years old, she is raped by her mother's boyfriend. The traumatic event leads to a period of silence for Maya, during which she does not speak to anyone for almost five years. Eventually, with the help of her family and friends, Maya learns to find her voice again and begins to heal from her trauma.
The book also explores themes of identity, family, love, and loss. Throughout her childhood, Maya struggles to come to terms with her own race and gender identities.
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| Brand | Ballantine Books Ballantine Books is a publishing company that was founded in 1952. It is now a division of the Random House Publishing Group. |
| ISBN | Ballantine Books 0345514408 |
| MPN | Ballantine Books 9780345514400 |
| ID | 1833107 |
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| AR level | 6 |
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8660 |
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AR quiz points The total count of points awarded for completing an augmented reality (AR) quiz. This numeric value represents how many points a user earns, with higher numbers indicating more points earned.
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13 |
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Author The individual or group credited with creating the main content of a product, such as a book, film, or other creative work. The value is a free‑text string representing the name(s) of the primary creator.
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Maya Angelou |
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Pocket Books |
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110 x 176 x 21mm | 150g |
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Reissue |
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Paperback | 289 pages |
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7 - 12 |
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Random House Inc |
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ISBN A unique identifier assigned to books and other printed publications, typically consisting of 10 or 13 digits. It may include hyphens for readability but is treated as a string value. The ISBN uniquely identifies a specific edition of a title across the publishing industry.
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9780345514400 |
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English |
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304 |
| Price | 7.99 |
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0.83 H x 6.86 L x 4.24 W |
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21 Apr 2009 |
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New York, United States |
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April 2009 |
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Random House USA Inc |
| Type of book | Non-Fiction |


