num_pages: 176
description: From critically acclaimed author Jeannine Atkins comes a memorable poetic tale ( Kirkus Reviews  starred review) about a halfNative American halfAfrican American sculptor working in the years following the Civil War.A sculptor of historical figures starts with givens but creates her own vision. Edmonia Lewis was just such a sculptor but she never spoke or wrote much about her past and the stories that have come down through time are often vague or contradictory. Some facts are Edmonia was the daughter of an Ojibwe woman and an African Haitian man. She had the rare opportunity to study art at Oberlin one of the first schools to admit women and people of color but lost her place after being accused of poisoning and theft despite being acquitted of both. She moved to Boston and eventually Italy where she became a successful sculptor.But the historical record is very thin. The open questions about Edmonias life seem ideally suited to verse a form that is compatible with mysteries. Inspired by both the facts and the gaps in history author Jeannine Atkins imagines her way into a vision of what might have been.
language: English
title: Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers