Becoming Billie Holiday by Floyd Cooper, Carole Boston Weatherford

Becoming Billie Holiday

Floyd Cooper, Carole Boston Weatherford

120 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction poetry young adult emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Before the legend of Billie Holiday, there was a girl named Eleanora. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's...

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dark 50%
emotional 50%
hopeful 50%
informative 50%
inspiring 50%
reflective 50%
sad 50%
tense 50%

Pace

fast 100%

Average rating

4.22

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