| A Song Flung Up to Heaven Contributor(s): Angelou, Maya (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375507477 ISBN-13: 9780375507472 Publisher: Random House
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2002 Annotation: The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother. No sooner does she arrive there than she learns that Malcolm X has been assassinated. Devastated, she tries to put her life back together, working on the stage in local theaters and even conducting a door-to-door survey in Watts. Then Watts explodes in violence, a riot she describes firsthand. Subsequently, on a trip to New York, she meets Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks her to become his coordinator in the North, and she visits black churches all over America to help support King's Poor People's March. But once again tragedy strikes. King is assassinated, and this time Angelou completely withdraws from the world, unable to deal with this horrible event. Finally, James Baldwin forces her out of isolation and insists that she accompany him to a dinner party--where the idea for writing I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is born. In fact, A Song Flung Up to Heaven ends as Maya Angelou begins to write the first sentences of Caged Bird. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001034914 |
| Lexile Measure: 880(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.88" W x 8.56" L (0.80 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Holiday - M.L. King Day |
| Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 712 Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2001 pg. 92 Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2002 pg. 25 Booklist 01/01/2002 pg. 774 Publishers Weekly 02/04/2002 pg. 61 Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2002 pg. 56 Library Journal 03/15/2002 pg. 79 People Weekly 05/06/2002 pg. 56 School Library Journal 07/01/2002 pg. 144 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69583 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother. No sooner does she arrive there than she learns that Malcolm X has been assassinated. Devastated, she tries to put her life back together, working on the stage in local theaters and even conducting a door-to-door survey in Watts. Then Watts explodes in violence, a riot she describes firsthand. Subsequently, on a trip to New York, she meets Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks her to become his coordinator in the North, and she visits black churches all over America to help support King's Poor People's March. But once again tragedy strikes. King is assassinated, and this time Angelou completely withdraws from the world, unable to deal with this horrible event. Finally, James Baldwin forces her out of isolation and insists that she accompany him to a dinner party--where the idea for writing I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is born. In fact, A Song Flung Up to Heaven ends as Maya Angelou begins to write the first sentences of Caged Bird. |
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