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A band of angels
a story inspired by the Jubilee Singers
By Hopkinson, Deborah & Colón, Raúl
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-062-6
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1999.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1999
Gr 1-5 This picture book is both touching and inspirational. The narrative is written from the point of view of the great-great-granddaughter of Ella Sheppard, one of the original Jubilee Singers from the Fisk School in Nashville, TN, the first school for freed slaves. As Aunt Beth tells about the struggles of Ella and the rest of the chorus to raise money to save their school, the girl imagines what her great-great-grandmother might have thought or felt. The singers travel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
