Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo

Inheritance

Elizabeth Acevedo with Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)

48 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction poetry young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

They tell me to “fix” my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do you fix this shipwrecked history of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X El...

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Moods

inspiring 75%
reflective 65%
emotional 48%
hopeful 48%
informative 15%
challenging 11%
lighthearted 10%
relaxing 2%
sad 2%
dark 1%
funny 1%
tense 1%

Pace

fast 85%
medium 11%
slow 2%

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