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2 TONI MORRISON born February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio grandfather was born a slave her family lost their land and were forced to work in the mines and mills of the industrialized North

3 Lorain, Ohio

4 attended Howard University and later Cornell has taught at several universities is divorced and has two sons 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

5 HER NOVELS The Bluest Eye 1972The Bluest Eye 1972 Sula 1974Sula 1974 Song Of Solomon 1977Song Of Solomon 1977 Beloved 1987Beloved 1987

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7 a ghost story a work of historical fiction a mystery a jigsaw puzzle ?

8 … one of the best books for young adults written in the 1980s… … more suited for advanced students due to the complexity of the plot and the mature subject matter

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