Books by Marilyn Nelson
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review 1: Nelson's semi-autobiographical reveal life as the African-American child growing up in the 1950s. The poems take place between age 4 and 13 for the teacher, and as the narrator matures, her understanding of the events taking place in the world around her grows, as well. The colle...
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review 1: Pemba has just moved from New York to Connecticut because of her mother's new job. Pemba isn't happy about this. She's left all her friends and boyfriend behind to come to some nowhere town in another state.And if that wasn't bad enough, it seems that the house she and her mother...
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review 1: Read this book!Snook is a little terrier who lives on an island with a monk,Abba Jacob. It's Snook's job to chase the rats out of the garden. Snook observes Abba Jacob in his monastic lifestyle: climbing the stairs of the tower to meditate, his prayer, his service, tending the ...