Bronx Masquerade
Nikki Grimes
- 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.
- 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.
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