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Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of an Afro-American who grew up listening to stories and who carries on the storytelling tradition in his numerous and award-winning books.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and work of the well-known author of award-winning young adult literature who grew up in Harlem as a foster child and struggled with his identity as an African American writer.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
This inspiring chapter biography depicts the lives of talented African American writers James Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Virginia Hamilton, and Walter Dean Myers.