- Poets, Schools, Self-esteem, Adolescence
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
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Contemporary, earnest, grave and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Acevedo
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 361
- Publisher
- Puck, Thorndike Press, Farshore
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781538500231
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