The invention of wings
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New York : Viking, 2014.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Kidd, S
2 available
Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Kidd, S
1 available
Southside - Adult
Fiction Kidd, S
1 available

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Published
New York : Viking, 2014.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.3, 19 Points
Lexile measure
920

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"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go beyond the record to flesh out the inner lives of all the characters, both real and imagined"--,Provided by publisher.
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920L,Lexile
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Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.3,19,164225.

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