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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou9th Grade pick #22 · 304 pages · ISBN 9780345514400As an Amazon Associate KitQuest earns from qualifying purchases.About this bookShe was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their early world revolved around this remarkable woman and the Store she ran for the black community. White people were more than strangers - they were from another planet. And yet, even unseen they ruled. The Store was a microcosm of life: its orderly pattern was a comfort, even among the meanest frustrations. But then came the intruders - first in the form of taunting poorwhite children who were bested only by the grandmother's di