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“Maybe all I need is a purpose.”

Singing With Elephants by Margarita Engle

May 22, 2024 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

11-year-old Oriol wants to go back to Cuba. Ever since her grandmother died, she’s felt lost at her Santa Barbara, CA home. School is difficult, her older sister has less time for her since she got a boyfriend, and the only place she is truly happy is helping her parents at their veterinarian clinic. This clinic is no ordinary vet: her parents are specialty vets, assisting with wild and unique animals. In a show-biz state like California, they have a lot of work. One day, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Poetry Tagged With: 1940s, Cuba, Elephants, historical fiction, latinx author, latinx poetry, Margarita Engle, middle grade, poetry, verse

cosbrarian's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Poetry · Tags: 1940s, Cuba, Elephants, historical fiction, latinx author, latinx poetry, Margarita Engle, middle grade, poetry, verse ·
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Poetic feels

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

December 29, 2018 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a coming of age story written in poetic verse. Xiomara Batista attends Catholic high school and forced by her mom to attend catechism classes. Her mom has a very strict idea of what her daughter should be. Boys are definitely off limits. Thus, she pours all her teenage angst into her prized notebook. Also lots of feelings about her classmate named Aman. It’s only when she joins the poetry club does she begin to find her voice. Unfortunately, she […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: book club read, coming-of-age, elizabeth acevedo, latina author, Latinx, latinx author, latinx poetry, poetry, Teen Angst, the poet x

teresaelectro's CBR10 Review No:17 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: book club read, coming-of-age, elizabeth acevedo, latina author, Latinx, latinx author, latinx poetry, poetry, Teen Angst, the poet x ·
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