Bronx Masquerade - Softcover

Grimes, Nikki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756929326 ISBN 13: 9780756929329

Publisher: PERFECTION LEARNING CORP, 2003

Synopsis

When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class and reads it aloud, poetry-slam-style, he kicks off a revolution. Soon his classmates are clamoring to have weekly poetry sessions. One by one, eighteen students take on the risky challenge of self-revelation. Award-winning author Nikki Grimes captures the voices of eighteen teenagers through the poetry they share and the stories they tell, and exposes what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.

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Review:

"Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice."

All of the Ýstudents¨, black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex. ("Kirkus Reviews," starred review) As always, Grimes gives young people exactly what they?re looking for?real characters who show them they are not alone. ("School Library Journal") Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice. ("Booklist")

All of the [students], black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex. ("Kirkus Reviews," starred review) As always, Grimes gives young people exactly what theyare looking forareal characters who show them they are not alone. ("School Library Journal") Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice. ("Booklist")

About the Author:

Nikki Grimes is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of dozens of children's and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist.

Among the many accolades she has received are the Golden Dolphin Award (2005), the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (2006), the Coretta Scott King Award (2003) for Bronx Masquerade, and the Horace Mann Upstanders Award (2011) for Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book. Additionally, her book Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (illustrated by Bryan Collier) was a New York Times bestseller, and she was acknowledged as an NAACP Image Award Finalist in 1993 for her book Malcolm X: a Force for Change. Her books Meet Danitra Brown (illustrated by Floyd Cooper), Jazmin's Notebook, Talkin' About Bessie (illustrated by E.B. Lewis), Dark Sons, The Road to Paris, and Words with Wings were each awarded Coretta Scott King Honors. Visit her online at www.nikkigrimes.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: PERFECTION LEARNING CORP
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0756929326
• ISBN 13: 9780756929329
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167