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Bronx Masquerade Author: 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 teen... more »
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This was a great book. A little book with a lot inside of it.
Wow. I wasn't expected to be so moved by this short, poem-filled novel. Containing poems interspersed with short narrative chapters, we get surprising insight into all of the characters who write and perform their poems. It's a little idealistic, maybe, but I was inspired by the idea that poetry could bring a whole classroom full of different, biased, and damaged students together. A very powerful read.
excellent book for the middle school and up. I am hping to get more copies for my classroom.
Genres:
- Children's Books >> People & Places >> Multicultural Stories >> African-American
- Children's Books >> People & Places >> Where We Live >> City Life >> Fiction
- Teens >> Literature & Fiction >> General
- Teens >> Authors, A-Z >> ( G ) >> Grimes, Nikki