I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
by Grady, Cynthia
Bank Street College Best Book of the YeaVOYA Award/HonorAmerican/U.S. HistoryBlack PeopleEnslaved PeoplePoetry/RhymesIRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers ChoiceNCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies
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AR Book Level
6.3
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
2,462
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
149781 EN
About this book
This collection of poems depicts people and events throughout the history of slavery in the United States. Drawn together through imagery drawn from quilting and fiber arts, each poem is spoken from a different perspective of slavery.