Weatherford, Carole Boston,  1956- <br/><br/>
Becoming Billie Holiday / 
Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Floyd Cooper. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Honesdale, Pa. :  Wordsong,  c2008. 
 - 117 p. :  col. ill ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 116). 
<br/><br/> Book Links (A.L.A.).  Coretta Scott King Award.  School Library Journal starred.  Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2009.  Booklist, October 2008.  Horn Book, April 2009.  Kirkus Starred, September 2008.  Library Media Connection, March 2009.  School Library Journal starred, October 2008.  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2008. 
<br/><br/> Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/> Coretta Scott King Award, 2009. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0329708961 159078507X 9780329708962 (Follett bdg.) 9781590785072 (trade : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007051214 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 --Fiction.<br/>Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Juvenile fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.5.W31  / Be 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]