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Golio, Gary

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

40 pp. | Millbrook | February, 2017 | Library ISBN 978-1-4677-5123-0 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5124-2837-7
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. Jazz pillar Billie Holiday pushed racial boundaries throughout her career, most notably with her first soul-piercing performance in 1939 of the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit." A dense but age-sensitive text ably handles the topics of racism and trauma, while whirlwind acrylic and tissue-collage illustrations deftly capture the emotional upheaval of Holiday's life. The song lyrics and additional background information are appended. Bib.
Reviewer: Anastasia M. Collins

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