num_pages: 244
description: This title comes from one of a series offering classic and contemporary fiction and other literary work for schools, to suit a range of ages and tastes. Maya Angelou's autobiographical account of her childhood and early youth in 1930s America is an evocation of a black girl's struggle against her oppressors.
language: English
title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
titlecomplete: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
characters: Bailey Johnson, Maya Angelou, Uncle Willie, Bailey Johnson Jr., Mr. Freeman (I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings), Vivian Baxter, Annie "Momma" Henderson
genres: Biography, Poetry, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Autobiography, Feminism, Biography Memoir, Race, African American
ratings_count: 513659
places: The United States of America, San Francisco, California, California, Arkansas, Stamps, Arkansas
series: Maya Angelou's Autobiography
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor
publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers