
Bird In A Box
Andrea Davis Pinkney(Author)
Little, Brown Young Readers (Publisher)
Published on 10. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-316-07402-5 (ISBN)
Description
It's 1937. America is struggling to get out of the Great Depression and 3 children, Otis, Willie and Hibernia, are about to become friends. They already have a lot in common: they've each lost a loved one, they're all reaching for their dreams and they're a lot like their hero, African American boxer Joe Louis. As their lives gradually converge to form friendship, family and love, the children learn that hope and determination can change their lives forever. In this moving novel, their trials and triumphs echo those of Joe Louis, as he fights to become the next heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Award-winning and bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney masterfully weaves in factual information about Joe Louis and actual radio commentary from his fights, enriching the narrative of this uniquely rendered and beautifully written novel. Bird in a Box was inspired by the author's great-grandfather, Cyclone Williams, a one-time boxing hopeful on whom the character of Willie is based. This novel captures her family's recollections of the night Joe Louis won the title and what it meant to them but it also shows how one victory gave hope to a nationwide community.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Little, Brown & Company
Target group
Children/juvenile
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
b&w illus throughout
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
226 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-316-07402-5 (9780316074025)
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Andrea Davis Pinkney
Bird in a Box
Book
04/2011
Little, Brown Young Readers
€34.84
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Persons
Andrea Pinkney is the author of many award-winning books for children. Many were collaborations with her husband, illustrator Brian Pinkney. She is also an editor at Scholastic. They live in Brooklyn with their two children. Sean Qualls is the illustrator of a number of celebrated books for children