# Blues for an Alabama Sky

**Author:** Pearl Cleage
**Grade range:** Grades 9–10
**Age range:** 14–15
**First published:** 1999
**Page count:** 92
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780822216346`
**ISBN-10:** `0822216345`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/blues-for-an-alabama-sky
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

New York, 1930. Following a decade of creative explosion, the Harlem Renaissance is starting to feel the bite of the Great Depression. In the face of hardship and dwindling opportunity, Angel and her friends battle to keep their artistic dreams alive.

## Themes

- drama

## Where this book is assigned

### Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English (0475), Papers 2 and 3 (Drama), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721333-2027-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate per exam year — re-verify bef](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-literature-english-0475/)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English (0475), Papers 2 and 3 (Drama), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721333-2027-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate per exam year — re-verify bef](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-literature-english-0475/)

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