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Delivered by their mother to live with their passionate, self sufficient grandma in a little Southern city, Maya and her brother, Bailey, withstand the pain of abandonment and the bias of the neighborhood “powhitetrash.” At eight yrs old and back at her mother’s aspect in St. Louis, Maya is assaulted by a guy often her age–and needs to live with the effects for life. Decades later, in Bay Area, Maya learns about love for himself and the kindness of others, her own robust nature, and the suggestions of excellent writers (“I met and fell in love with Bill Shakespeare”) will permit her to be free in the place of imprisoned.Poetic and effective, I Understand Why the Caged Bird Sings is just a modern American classic that will touch hearts and change minds for so long as people study.