I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters . Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age-and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity."--James Baldwin From the Hardcover edition.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375507892
- ISBN: 0375507892
- ISBN: 9780812980028
- ISBN: 0812980026
- ISBN: 9780349005997
- Physical Description: xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Updated edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
- Copyright: ©1997.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Foreword copyright©2015 by Oprah Winfrey.Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1010L Lexile1010L Lexile.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 13 8660.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 6.7 13.Accelerated Reader UG 6.7 13 8660.
- Original Version Note:
- Originally published 1969.
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- 37 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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- 1 current hold with 42 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 818.5409 ANG (Text) | 37810435595854 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | B Angelou (Text) | 31010000683948 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | NC B Angelou (Text) | 34269001138180 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | B ANGELOU (Text) | 34208900047266 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | NC B Angelou (Text) | 34269000174277 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | B ANGELOU (Text) | 34208900047241 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | B ANGELOU (Text) | 31781067574770 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bryan Memorial Library | B Angelou (Text) | 810191001612680 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Canton Library | B Angelou (Text) | 33115007166033 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | B ANGELOU (Text) | 31781065241455 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/24/2026 |
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