Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart (Rainbow Biography)

By Jayne Pettit

Book Overview

Poet, writer, activist, entertainer, professor: Maya Angelou is all of these. Her remarkable story includes a childhood trauma, a leading role in an opera, her activism in the civil rights movement, and her devotion to poetry, writing, and teaching to promote the cause of all African-Americans. Based in part on Maya's autobiography, this is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman.

"Pettit makes Angelou's] stirring story accessible...while retaining a strong sense of Angelou's personal voice. --Booklist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014038359X
• ISBN13: 9780140383591
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Caroline's review on Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart

Recently I have read Journey of the Heart by Jane Pettit. I have found it to be a wondorously enchanting novel about the life and hardships of the great poet Maya Angelou. It was extraordinary, reading the book was almost like watching a movie. The author was so descriptive that I could see little photographs in my head of what was happening at the time. In conclusion I would have to say that this is one of the greatest books that I have ever read.