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Published
2017
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Historical
Section
Young Adult
Bridge · Ages 12–14

Stone Mirrors

Jeannine Atkins

An imagined verse portrait of sculptor Edmonia Lewis, filling the gaps in her thinly documented life.

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Themes

Music & artReal lives & historyRace & racism

Mood

Feels informative, reflective.

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