BioKIT Group Read: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Book Specific - Spoilers Allowed)
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1klarusu
Here's the book-specific thread for the fourth quarter BioKIT Group Read:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Spoilers are fine here so feel free to discuss any aspect of the book you want.
A general discussion thread is set up here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/197957
I'll lead some discussion in December on this thread when we've all had a chance to read it but until then, anyone feel free to chat!
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Spoilers are fine here so feel free to discuss any aspect of the book you want.
A general discussion thread is set up here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/197957
I'll lead some discussion in December on this thread when we've all had a chance to read it but until then, anyone feel free to chat!
2cbl_tn
I finished this last week. Maya Angelou had a way of making even her prose sound poetic. I loved her descriptions of church services and tent revival meetings.
I kept wondering all the way through why this book has been challenged so much in school settings. Then I got to the last couple of chapters and the reason became apparent. Even though she handles the subject of her teen pregnancy tastefully, a lot of younger teens won't know what to do with this part of the book. I know I wouldn't have been ready to read this until my later teens, but some of my friends could have handled it earlier than that.
I kept wondering all the way through why this book has been challenged so much in school settings. Then I got to the last couple of chapters and the reason became apparent. Even though she handles the subject of her teen pregnancy tastefully, a lot of younger teens won't know what to do with this part of the book. I know I wouldn't have been ready to read this until my later teens, but some of my friends could have handled it earlier than that.
