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Anacaona

by Edwidge Danticat
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Edwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haiti's heroic queen Anacaona.

With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492.The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
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Series: Royal Diaries Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 28, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780545369886
  • File size: 20897 KB
  • Release date: April 28, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780545369886
  • File size: 20897 KB
  • Release date: April 28, 2015
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Juvenile Fiction Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:6.5
Lexile® Measure:1080
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:5

Edwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haiti's heroic queen Anacaona.

With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492.The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
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Juvenile Fiction Historical Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Scholastic Inc.

    Kindle Book
    Release date: April 28, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780545369886
    File size: 20897 KB
    Release date: April 28, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780545369886
    File size: 20897 KB
    Release date: April 28, 2015

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 6.5
    Lexile® Measure: 1080
    Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    Text Difficulty: 5
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