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Alvin Ailey

Andrea Davis Pinkney

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

DANCING TO HIS OWN BEAT: ALVIN AILEY 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Readers may have heard the name "Alvin Ailey" but this book makes the man live. From the time he was a kid his life was music: at first in church. Alvin's moving, leaping body is caught perfectly in the scratchboard illustrations toned with watercolors and acrylic. A fine top choice biography of an African-American artist!

Dancer's dream 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I think that this book was a really good book because, Alvin make his dream come true by dancing on a stage. I recommend this book to those people who wanted to dance and make their dreams come true.

Editorial Review:

A young reader's portrait of dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey considers what the young Alvin might have thought and said and interposes facts about his life and dance theater. Reprint. PW. H. C.

Silent Thunder, A Civil War Story [UNABRIDGED CD] (Audiobook)

Andrea Davis Pinkney

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Both 11-year-old Summer and her older brother Roscoe have a silent thunder roaring through their souls. Summer yearns to learn letters, so she can read. Roscoe wants to join the Union forces and fight in the Civil War. But they are slaves in Virginia, and their wishes are forbidden. Their friend Thea says that silent thunder is something slaves have to keep private, but Summer and Roscoe cant resist their feelings. Before 1862 comes to a close, they both find unexpected allies who help them act on their desires. Now they must make difficult, painful decisions that will forever change their lives. Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney tells this moving tale from the perspective of both Summer and Roscoe. With the poignant narration of Andrea J. Johnson and Peter Jay Fernandez, the glory of the human spirit shines througheven in the face of the most degrading circumstances.

Silent Thunder, A Civil War Story [UNABRIDGED CD] (Audiobook)

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Amazon Marketplace: 4 new & used starting at $14.06

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Editorial Review:

Both 11-year-old Summer and her older brother Roscoe have a silent thunder roaring through their souls. Summer yearns to learn letters, so she can read. Roscoe wants to join the Union forces and fight in the Civil War. But they are slaves in Virginia, and their wishes are forbidden. Their friend Thea says that silent thunder is something slaves have to keep private, but Summer and Roscoe cant resist their feelings. Before 1862 comes to a close, they both find unexpected allies who help them act on their desires. Now they must make difficult, painful decisions that will forever change their lives. Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney tells this moving tale from the perspective of both Summer and Roscoe. With the poignant narration of Andrea J. Johnson and Peter Jay Fernandez, the glory of the human spirit shines througheven in the face of the most degrading circumstances.