A review by imperfectcj
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet by Paul Lee, Kathryn Lasky

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

I take issue with Lasky's use of the term "enslavement" to describe the American colonies' relationship to England in the 1770s, but otherwise this is a decent basic biography. I especially appreciate the scene where Phillis has to sit at tea in the home of "the man who was responsible for her kidnapping." Framing the scene as she does, Lasky helps highlight Phillis's experience of alienation, contradiction, and trauma.