Who Was Maya Angelou?
by Ellen Labrecque, Dede Putra, and Nancy Harrison • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 7,138
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 180228
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- African American women authors--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Angelou, Maya--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Authors, American
- African American women authors
- Angelou, Maya
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African American women civil rights workers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
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