DM: All Should Read ‘Caged Bird’

The last time around I actually went to the library and checked out Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings . I would want my high schooler to read it. I would want every every young man and woman who lives in lily white northern Idaho to read it. They would get a glimpse what it was like growing up black in the South in the 40s. They weren’t the days that gave us Barack and Michelle Obama to be sure. Though literature depicting their time should also be read. Why? Because the times that spawned Ms. Angelou gave us Ms. Angelou/ Dogwalk Musings . More here .

Question: Which was the first book you read that shook your view of the world at the time?