Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. “Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation “An incredibly potent debut.” —Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost “Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” —Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street This young adult novel, a selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List, is an excellent choice for accelerated tween readers in grades 6 to 8. Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land!
Winner or finalist in the 'Best Books' National Book Award Poetry Anthology of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction. Over 750 pages of poetry spanning from 4,000 BC up to the present day and including a broad cross-section of global poetry. Footnotes for each poem specify each poem's form, define unusual or archaic words, and include notes about interpretation. Multiple indexes, including an index by subject, simplify finding exactly the right poem for any situation. The poems were specifically selected to appeal to readers new to poetry, but even experienced poetry readers will find new and enjoyable poems. The poems from the book are also available on audio CD.
This is a book full of wonderful poetry portrayed in many different stylish forms including old and established well known ones along side many new ones that have been created by Poets of today. Each style is shown in full detail plus varying contents that will appeal to all, making this book a very good style learning album plus a great poetry read to treasure and thoroughly enjoy...
This is the 6th book is a most wonderful follow on to all the previous books in this the Alliance Stylists series, a compilation of poems that have all been so wonderfully created in order to explain and portray all the many varying poetic styles and forms of the day.
This is the third book in series that portrays a great selection of poems contributed by the Stylists a who are a group of Poets within the Writers Alliance Poetry website that participate weekly all the poetry styles. Styles are form of poetry created to enhance the written word; which can by nature add emotion, atmosphere, and drama. Styles can control the meter adding emphasis, but above all it gives the writer the creativity to passionately portray the true essence of poetry. Within the books pages you will find each style explained in full poetic detail done in the actual poetic form, plus a full explanation glossary beneath alongside lovely poems in many various themes by the 'Stylists' to be read, enjoyed and if a new style to you, learned from.
The Alliance Stylists Proudly release this their latest book in the Poetry Styles Series In This book Five once again they show many more different styles and forms of poetry portrayed with many varied poems that are both old and new with much varied content suitable for all ...
This is the seventeenth book in this most wonderful teaching collection created by the "Alliance Stylists" Poets who once inspired participate in weekly style challenges by their Style Tutor, Christina R Jussaume.