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Language
English
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The national bestselling biography and the basis for the film Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in an Academy Award–winning turn. One of the strongest fiction writers of his generation, Truman Capote became a literary star while still in his teens. His most phenomenal successes include Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood, and Other Voices, Other Rooms. Even while his literary achievements were setting the standards that other fiction and...
10) May Sarton
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
A biography.
Author
Publisher
The Millbrook Press, Inc
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Quotes from the writings Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer live in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800's.
12) Wallace Stegner
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
His life and work.
15) Bookpeople
Author
Publisher
USA
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Bookpeople: a muticultural album. Features 15 children's authors and illustrators who either belong to a minority culture or whose work authentically depicts a minority culture.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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This memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women, Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people-and the times-that touched her life.