Ray Charles: Young Musician

by Susan Sloate

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history.

Genres: History, Biography

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 2007

About the author

Bestselling author of 26 published books, including FORWARD TO CAMELOT (with Kevin Finn), STEALING FIRE and REALIZING YOU (with Ron Doades). The original 2003 edition of FORWARD TO CAMELOT was a #6 Amazon bestseller, honored in 3 literary competitions and optioned for Hollywood film production. STEALING FIRE, the 2013 #2 Amazon bestseller, was a Quarter-Finalist in the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. REALIZING YOU, a 2013 self-help novel, gave her a chance to invent a new genre. Susan has also written 17 young-adult fiction and non-fiction books, including 5 biographies (Abraham Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton, and two on Ray Charles), history, and 7 novels for girls' book series. Susan lives outside Charleston, South Carolina. Visit her online at www.susansloate.com.

Reviews

[RAW · Rating 4 out of 5]

Janna read aloud for history. These are fun books to get a sweet kids version of historical figures. They did mention the fact that he had 12 kids, but not the fact that they were all from different women🥴. It did a good job at portraying the difficult childhood he had with several tragedies and the strong influence his 2 moms had.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and quick read on Ray Charles!

I loved this series of books as a kid and wanted to dive back into it again. As a musician, starting back up with Ray Charles was a no-brainer. Great book! Simple and quick read!

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy cow! I had no idea Ray Charles had so much hardship as a kid.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I admit it....I cried for Ray's mother. Not only did we learn about Ray and his childhood, we discovered that it was his mother who overcame great difficulty and tragedy to make sure her little boy grew up to be an independent man.
She is the woman who inspired me most in 2008!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

First time I have picked up one of these, and I can see what the appeal is. Very fun way to learn about history! I learned a lot about Ray Charles that I didn't know before and it was a quick read.

[Dolly]

Read it for a music assignment I had to do.

[Nora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Borrowed. It must of been very hard to be poor and blind.

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. He goes blind. And he gets a bike and he does it when he was blind and he could ride it faster than everyone else who could see and he never crashed.

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guy had such a hard life. I almost didn't like to read about it, but he developed a good attitude about it and just dealt with it. There were lots of great lessons to learn in this book.

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked it he goes blind

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 star