Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

By Sophia Thakur

Book Overview

In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page.

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to school to family life to falling in love and falling back out again--the poems draw on the author's experience as a young mixed-race woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy, this is poetry that will resonate with all young people, whatever their background and whatever their dreams.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536209929
• ISBN13: 9781536209921
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher