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Author:

Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 20 x 22 cm.

Subject:

Till, Emmett--1941-1955--Poetry.
Till, Emmett--1941-1955--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
African American teenage boys--Juvenile poetry.
Murder victims--Poetry.
Murder victims--Juvenile poetry.
American poetry.
Lynching--Poetry.
Lynching--Juvenile poetry.
Trials (Murder)--Poetry.
Trials (Murder)--Juvenile poetry.
Hate crimes--Poetry.
Hate crimes--Juvenile poetry.
African Americans--Poetry.
African Americans--Crimes against--Poetry.
African Americans--Crimes against--Juvenile poetry.
Mississippi--Poetry.
Mississippi--Juvenile poetry.

Other Authors:

Lardy, Philippe, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [34]).

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 whistling at a while woman, and whose murderers were acquitted.

Indexed by:

Horn Bk May 2005.
BCCB Recommended.
KIRKUS 03/01/2005.
PW 04/11/2005.
SLJ May 2005.
Bklst 02/01/2005.

ISBN:

0618397523
9780618397525

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