{"product_id":"becoming-billie-holiday","title":"Becoming Billie Holiday","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoretta Scott King Author Honor Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry written by Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life: a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52043941839128,"sku":"9781635925579","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/8203\/8296\/files\/9781635925579.jpg?v=1778336050","url":"https:\/\/lushenabooksinc.com\/products\/becoming-billie-holiday","provider":"Lushena","version":"1.0","type":"link"}