Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade -- Nikki Grimes, Paperback

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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. 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.

Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Speak
Published: 08/08/2017
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780425289761
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 55292 / Bronx Masquerade

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.

Product Tags:

African American & Black, Dial Books, Grades 6-8, Identity (Psychology), Nikki Grimes, Paperback, Poetry, Social Topics, Young Adult, Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction, Young Adult Nonfiction

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