The Color of My Words
- Subject
- Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Size
- 13.1 cm × 19.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9780064472043
Américas Award Winner
“An achingly beautiful story.”—Kirkus (starred review) “Eloquent.”—Booklist (starred review) “Lovely and lyrical.”—School Library Journal
This powerful and resonant Américas Award-winning novel tells the story of a young girl’s struggle to find her place in the world and to become a writer in a country where words are feared.
Seamlessly interweaving both poetry and prose, Lynn Joseph’s acclaimed debut is a lush and lyrical journey into a landscape and culture of the Dominican Republic.
The Color of My Words explores the pain and poetry of discovering what it means to be part of a family, what it takes to find your voice and the means for it to be heard, and how it feels to write it all down.
About the author
Lynn JosephAuthor
Lynn Joseph was born in Trinidad and is the author of many picture books for children about her island home, including A Wave in Her Pocket, An Island Christmas, The Mermaid's Twin Sister, and Jump Up Time: A Trinidad Carnival Story. This is her second novel about the Dominican Republic, following her acclaimed book The Color of My Words, winner of the Américas Award. She has two sons, Jared and Brandt, and resides in New York and Bermuda.
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What reviewers said
“An achingly beautiful story.”
“Eloquent.” — ALA Booklist (starred review)
“Finely wrought.” — Publisher's Weekly
“Poetically structured, vividly imagined.”
“Lovely and lyrical.”
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