"Generous and genuine poemsand many a spirit is raised by the strength of Jordan's confident voice."Eleanor Wilner In 1936, teenager MacNolia Cox became the first African American finalist in the National Spelling Bee Competition. Supposedly prevented from winning, the precocious child who dreamed of becoming a doctor was changed irrevocably. Her story, told in a poignant nonlinear narrative, illustrates the power of a pivotal moment in a life.
- ISBN10 0393059073
- ISBN13 9780393059076
- Publish Date 28 May 2004
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 23 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English