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Elizabeth Acevedo Livres

    1 janvier 1901

    Elizabeth Acevedo est une auteure qui met au centre de son œuvre le pouvoir de la voix et de l'identité culturelle. Sa poésie et sa prose explorent avec finesse les expériences de l'adolescence, transmettant des émotions puissantes à travers un langage vibrant. Acevedo utilise ses talents pour célébrer et affirmer la culture et les expériences latines. Ses œuvres sont dynamiques et résonnent auprès des lecteurs par leur authenticité et leur beauté brute.

    Elizabeth Acevedo
    Literaturprojekt zu Poet X
    Family Lore
    Clap When You Land
    With the Fire on High
    The Poet X

    • The Poet X

      • 361pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      “Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation “An incredibly potent debut.” —Jason Reynolds, author of Ghost “Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” —Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will be captivated by this remarkable #ownvoices novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, featuring an Afro-Latina heroine who expresses her truth with fierce passion. Xiomara Batista feels invisible in her Harlem neighborhood and, as her body matures, she resorts to using her fists to communicate. Yet, she has much to say and channels her frustrations into a leather notebook, reciting her words like prayers, especially after developing feelings for a boy named Aman, whom her family must never know about. With her mother’s strict adherence to church rules, Xiomara learns to keep her thoughts private. When invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she grapples with the fear of her mother discovering her secret. Despite the challenges, Xiomara yearns to perform her poems, determined to make her voice heard in a world that often tries to silence her.

      The Poet X
      4,5

    • With the Fire on High

      From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X 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. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

      With the Fire on High
      4,3

    • Clap When You Land

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      The second poignant, powerful and passionate novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of The Poet X.

      Clap When You Land
      4,2

    • Family Lore

      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

      Family Lore
      3,6