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A Little Piece of Sky

A Novel

by Nicole Bailey Williams
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A poignant, powerful debut that combines the deep emotion of The House on Mango Street with uniquely creative storytelling, painting a story of survival and healing. 
Unfolding in a series of vignettes, A Little Piece of Sky introduces an endearing new novelist and a truly unforgettable main character—Song Byrd, a young girl who keenly reports on the world around her. She is African American in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood and the unwanted product of an adulterous affair. While she is poor in the material sense, Song is extraordinarily rich in spirit and it is that inner strength which saves her.
In piercingly insightful prose, Nicole Bailey-Williams takes readers on Song’s journey through life as she struggles with feeling like an outsider and intense guilt over her mother’s murder. Behind it all, places of pure joy, “dreaming the hurt away,” and glorious little pieces of sky shine through. Song’s tales—and Bailey-Williams’s narrative gift—are truly words to treasure.

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  • Release date

    October 8, 2002

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780767912174

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780767912174
      • File size: 499 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

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  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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