A National Book Award Longlist Title! 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 Prayersâespecially After She Catches Feelings For A Boy In Her Bio Class Named Aman, Who Her Family Can Never Know About. With Mamiâs 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 Schoolâs Slam Poetry Club, She Doesnât Know How She Could Ever Attend Without Her Mami Finding Out. But She Still Canât 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. âcrackles With Energy And Snaps With Authenticity And Voice.â âjustina Ireland, Author Of Dread Nation âan Incredibly Potent Debut.â âjason Reynolds, Author Of The National Book Award Finalist Ghost âacevedo Has Amplified The Voices Of Girls En El Barrio Who Are Equal Parts Goddess, Saint, Warrior, And Hero.â âibi Zoboi, Author Of American Street
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Romance
- LGBTQ+
- Romance
Publisher : Quill Tree Books
Author : Acevedo, Elizabeth
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2020-04-07
Number Of Pages : 384
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0062662813
ISBN-13 : 9780062662811
Item weight : 1 lb
Dimensions : 0.86 in x 5.31 in x 8 in
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