num_pages: 176
description: When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they're having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. There's Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD's. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.
language: English
title: Bronx Masquerade
titlecomplete: Bronx Masquerade
genres: Audiobook, Realistic Fiction, School, Young Adult, Poetry, High School, Teen, African American, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 7567
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Speak