with illustrations from Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabaret)
Stationed now with her family in Central America because of her parents' work
Originally published in 1972
they will die
To save her love and the world they live in
My Journey with Maya king & maxwell series with illustrations from Brian SelznickA remarkable story of friendship, love, and courage. When Maya Angelou and Tavis Smiley met in 1986, he was twenty one and she was fifty eight. For the next twenty eight years, they shared an unlikely, special bond. Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley, and they talked often, of art, politics, history, race, religion, music, love, purpose, and more than anything courage. Courage to be open, to follow dreams, to believe in oneself. In