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Woke a young poet's call to justice

Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out. With Theodore Taylor's bright, emotional a...

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Main Authors: Browne, Mahogany L. (Author), Acevedo, Elizabeth (Author), Gatwood, Olivia (Author)
Other Authors: Reynolds, Jason (writer of foreword.), Taylor, Theodore, III (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Devi, Ahalya tribute.
Social justice > Poetry.
Social change > Poetry.
Poetry > Juvenile.
Creative nonfiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
Summary: Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out. With Theodore Taylor's bright, emotional art, and writing from Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood, kids will be inspired to create their own art and poems to express how they see justice and injustice. With a foreword by best-selling author Jason Reynolds.
Physical Description: 55 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN: 1250311209
9781250311207
Author Notes: Elizabeth Acevedo is a Dominican-American poet and author, born and raised in New York City. She is a graduate of The George Washington University with a BA in Performing Arts and the University of Maryland with a MFA in Creative Writing. Her poetry has appeared in Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post and Teen Vogue. Her work includes Beastgirl and Other Origin Myths, The Poet X, and With the Fire on High. She received several awards for her book The Poet X, a 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature, the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, and the 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

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