Bibliograph

A wreath for Emmett Till, Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy

Type

Label

A wreath for Emmett Till, Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 34)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Young AdultNP, Lexile

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

A wreath for Emmett Till

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

55096036

Responsibility statement

Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, 6.3.Reading Counts!, 7.4.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, UG, 6.3, 0.5.Accelerated Reader, UG, 6.3, 0.5.Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 6.3, 0.5, 104613.Reading Counts RC, High School, 7.4, 6, Quiz: 37427, Guided reading level: NR.

Summary

Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for supposedly whistling at a white woman, and whose murderers were acquitted. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices--to speak what we see. Newbery Honor-winning poet Nelson offers an evocative tribute to a 14-year-old boy whose lynching in 1955 helps spark the civil rights movement. Full color

Table Of Contents

"Coretta Scott King Award ; Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature."

Target audience

primary

Contributor