Bronx Masquerade
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · August 8, 2017
A Young Adult pick for readers exploring Bronx Masquerade.
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- Who it’s for
- Poems and intimate reflections make this a many-voiced look at what people reveal—and keep hidden.
- Themes
- Self-discovery, Spoken-word poetry, Self-revelation
- Pacing
- Reflective
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This award-winning novel is a powerful exploration of self, an homage to spoken-word poetry, and an intriguing look into the life of eighteen teens. When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they're having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation.
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There's Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD's. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.
Voices Between Lines
Poems and intimate reflections make this a many-voiced look at what people reveal—and keep hidden.
Come here for
- Spoken-word poetry alongside candid personal narratives
- Eighteen teens, each opening a different window onto self-revelation
Expect
- A serious, intimate reading experience
- Poetry sessions that give way to reflections on what lies beneath the surface
Where it sits
| YA Poetry | 74% |
|---|---|
| School Stories for Teens | 61% |
| African American YA | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- African American U.S. History for Teens
- Poetry for Teens
- Social Topics for Teens
- Authors
- Nikki Grimes
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- August 8, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Self-discovery · Spoken-word poetry · Self-revelation
- Reading lane
- African American U.S. History for Teens