Bronx Masquerade - Softcover

"Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice."

All of the Ýstudents¨, black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex. ("Kirkus Reviews," starred review) As always, Grimes gives young people exactly what they?re looking for?real characters who show them they are not alone. ("School Library Journal") Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice. ("Booklist")

All of the [students], black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex. ("Kirkus Reviews", starred review) As always, Grimes gives young people exactly what they?re looking for?real characters who show them they are not alone. ("School Library Journal") Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice. ("Booklist")

"All of the [students], black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex."- Kirkus Reviews

"As always, Grimes gives young people exactly what they're looking for-real characters who show them they are not alone." - School Library Journal

"Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice."-Booklist

-All of the [students], black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex.-- Kirkus Reviews

-As always, Grimes gives young people exactly what they're looking for-real characters who show them they are not alone.- - School Library Journal

-Readers will enjoy the lively, smart voices that talk bravely, about real issues and secret fears. A fantastic choice.--Booklist

After Wesley reads an intimate poem to his high school English class, other students envy this power of self-reflection and start writing their own poetry, causing deep secrets, fears, and feelings to be revealed and façades to vanish. A Coretta Scott King Award Winner & ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.