S When I started reading I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, I thought that it was a little boring at first but I thought that it was about a young African-American girl who tells her troubles in life as she grows up.

S I changed my mind about my thoughts on this book because I started reading it more I began to like it better and I was more into the book.

S My favorite part of the book was when Maya started to open up to the world again and began by doing so by talking to Mrs. Bertha Flowers.

S I was confused by why Margaret and Bailey were sent back to stamps after the incident, with Marguerite being raped, with Mr. Freeman. Because if their parents loved them and could now afford to support them why couldn't they now stay with them?

S I was surprised when Mr. Freeman had began to sexually abuse and rape Maya because I didn't think that he would do such a thing to his girlfriends daughter, and who would have thought that he'd be such a cruel person to do that to a young helpless girl that didn't know right from wrong at the time.

S I predict that Maya will finally fully overcome her rape and live a better life.

S While I was reading I pictured a young African-American girl who was raped and decided to shut the world out of her life but to later grow and let the world back in her life and start to be happy again.

S This book made me think a lot about racism, sexual abuse and rape of a young girl, and the strong beliefs in Christianity in African-American life.

S If I wrote this book I would change the way that Bailey became distant from Maya because they had such a special bond, and a bond like that between brother and sister shouldn't have deteriorated like that.

S I would recommend this book to a friend because it's a good book to read to understand what rape can do to a young child both emotionally and physically, which doesn't just happen to young children but to teenagers and adults also.

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Approximate Word count = 1459
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)