Elizabeth Acevedo è un'autrice che pone al centro della sua opera la potenza della voce e dell'identità culturale. La sua poesia e la sua prosa esplorano con acume le esperienze dell'adolescenza, trasmettendo emozioni potenti attraverso un linguaggio vibrante. Acevedo usa i suoi talenti per celebrare e affermare la cultura e le esperienze latine. Le sue opere sono dinamiche e risuonano con i lettori per la loro autenticità e bellezza cruda.
Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets - her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight. Because in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent
From 2019 Carnegie Medal winner Elizabeth Acevedo comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright.'Emoni's story is a gift .
The second poignant, powerful and passionate novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of The Poet X.
From the National Book Award-winning poet and YA author of The Poet X comes a huge-hearted family saga spanning three generations of women