Bronx Masquerade

Description:

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 teenagers through the poetry they share and the stories they tell, and exposes what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  High schools,  Poetry,  Fiction,  Identity,  Schools,  African Americans,  American poetry,  Ethnicity,  Identity (Psychology),  Love,  Identidad (Concepto filosófico),  Escuelas,  Etnicidad,  Afroamericanos,  Novela juvenil,  Poesía,  Escuelas secundarias,  School stories,  Individuality,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Children's fiction,  Poetry, fiction,  Identity, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Schools, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Afro-Americans

Places: Bronx (New York, N.Y.),  N.Y.) Bronx (New York