$15.99
By:
Elizabeth Acevedo
Description:
This exclusive edition of the National Book Award-winning debut novel by renowned poet Elizabeth Acevedo, about a young girl in Harlem who discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world is available in limited quantities to independent bookstores only. In 2022, Acevedo became the Young People's Poet Laureate. This edition is a paper-over-board hardcover, including a designed 2-color tip-in author letter. The case is printed with 2 metallic colors for the award seals (the 3 seals will be printed on the cover). The cover is matte with spot lamination. There will be a banner across the bottom cover noting: "With an Exclusive Letter from Elizabeth Acevedo". This item will have a limited print run, exclusive to independent bookstores for Independent Bookstore Day 2023.This edition is a paper-over-board hardcover, including a designed 2-color tip-in author letter. The case is printing with 2 metallic colors for the award seals (the 3 seals will be printed on the cover). The cover is matte with spot lam. There will be a banner across the bottom cover noting: "With an Exclusive Letter from Elizabeth Acevedo".
Bio:
Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Carnegie medal, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of With the Fire on High — which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal — and Clap When You Land, which was a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist.
She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, CantoMundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer's Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her love.
She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, CantoMundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer's Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her love.
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Specs:
5 5/16 in. x 8 in.
SKU: 9780063324435
