My Name Is Phillis Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and Freedom by Afua CooperMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Told in the voice of Phillis Wheatley, this story retells her life as she was captured at 8 years old in her homeland and brought to Boston to be a slave in the late 1700's. She is bought by the Wheatley family who educates her and realizes she is brilliant. She writes poetry and becomes famous at only 13 years of age.
This is a good one to add to the American Revolutionary biography unit. Phillis recounts meetings with both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as well as life during that time period.
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