Think about the stories Writing an informative essay about Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Esperanza Rising, and Wonder. What important lesson can a teen or preteen learn from each story? Write an introduction about today's teens and preteens and how the stories could create change in them. Write a separate paragraph for each story and how or what a teen can learn from the story. The conclusion should bring the essay to an end about teens and change and the effect that literature can have on teens.

a. the man as a ruler

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.