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Lasky, Kathryn

A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet

48 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6427-5 $14.99 | Paper ISBN 978-0-7636-6091-8 $4.99
New ed. (2003)
(4) 4-6 Candlewick Biographies series. Illustrated by Paul Lee. Phillis Wheatley's experience of being sold into slavery and her growth as a poet are, along with some fictionalized elements, set against the events of the American Revolution. Although Lasky milks the story for sentiment and handles some of the racial issues clumsily, she does convey the extraordinary quality of Wheatley's achievements. Workmanlike acrylics illustrate scenes from Wheatley's life in this "reformatted edition."
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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