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Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
This companion book to the writer's Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, the writer's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, he captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on - to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
...this writing thing was some kind of magic trick I didn't yet understand... Nikki Grimes discovered the power of writing at the tender age of six, when, alone in her room, she poured her fears, anger, and tears onto a piece of paper - and felt sweet relief. Words and faith were her most enduring companions as life flung her headlong from one harrowing experience to the next through her childhood and teenage years. Words, spilled into notebook after...
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