A Little Piece of Sky
by Nicole Bailey Williams
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Author: Nicole Bailey WilliamsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-08
ISBN: 0767912160
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Harlem Moon
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Book Review: Riveting for teens
Summary: 5 Stars
I work in a NYC high school. I discovered this title after searching for something other than House on Mango Street. I wanted a protagonist who was black who could speak for the black experience and a book that wasn't too melodic, whimsical, and schizophrenic. I wanted a book that my Black students, male and female could relate to. For three years, I have used this textbook in an alternative school. The students LOVE IT. One student returned to the site after graduating, searching for me during summer vacation because she forgot the title and wanted to buy it. She found me when school began in September. Luckily I had a copy and gave it to her. I was overjoyed to be hunted down for a book. Another student "borrowed" the book and returned it proudly; she was ready to discuss it, but the class hadn't finished the book. Song Byrd is a metaphor for every adolescent or teen brought up on in today's fragmented, disconnected, dysfunctional family. Song has the self-esteem issues, the no love issues, the never feel good enough issues, the why no one loves me and do I deserve to be loved issues, the I am ugly, too dark, too light, too skinny, too fat issues. I am surprised Oprah never had this author on her show and book on her list. (Ophrah never had J. California Cooper, and I love all her titles because they speak to the resilience, strength and vunerability of woman--just like Song). There are two instances cursing, but just enough to emphasize the harshness of a hate-filled mother who lives a hate-filled life. The book offers hope, not in a sloppy way, but in a "somebody has an angel looking over them" kind of way. Every high school without a censorship committee, especially a high school sitting in a community where the very life of family stability is at risk, should read this book.
Summary of A Little Piece of Sky
A poignant, powerful debut that combines the deep emotion of The House on Mango Street with uniquely creative storytelling.Unfolding in a series of tiny vignettes, A Little Piece of Sky introduces an endearing new novelist and a truly unforgettable main character. In the first few chapters we meet a little girl named Song Byrd, who keenly reports on the world around her. She is African American (in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood), unwanted (conceived during an adulterous affair), and poor in the material sense but extraordinarily rich in spirit.
In piercingly insightful prose, Nicole Bailey-Williams takes readers on Song's journey through life as she struggles against outsider status and intense guilt over her mother's murder. Behind it all, places of pure joy, "dreaming the hurt away," and glorious little pieces of sky shine through. Song's tales--and Bailey-Williams's narrative gift--are truly words to treasure.
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