Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

by Gary Golio and Eoin Colfer

Book Overview

The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but this song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever.

Discover how two outsiders--Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants--combined their talents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467751235
• ISBN13: 9781467751230
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.6" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7