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Availability:In StockContributor:Safia ElhilloAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2025-03-25Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Children's BooksISBN-13:9780593381236ISBN-10:593381238UPC:9780593381236Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Novels in Verse, FamilyBook Topic:Dating & Sex, General (see also headings under Social Themes)Award:2025 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book - Young Adult Literature AwardSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC131HHW51
An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and author of HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY.

Bad girl. No matter how hard Samira tries, she can't shake her reputation. She's never gotten the benefit of the doubt--not from her mother or the aunties who watch her like a hawk.

Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

In this gripping coming-of-age novel from the critically acclaimed author Safia Elhillo, a young woman searches to find the balance between honoring her family, her artistry, and her authentic self.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Children's BooksISBN-13:9780593381236ISBN-10:593381238UPC:9780593381236Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Novels in Verse, FamilyBook Topic:Dating & Sex, General (see also headings under Social Themes)Award:2025 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book - Young Adult Literature AwardSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC131HHW51
Safia Elhillo received the Michael L. Printz Honor for Bright Red Fruit and is a renowned poet and author. Her debut YA novel in verse, Home Is Not a Country, was longlisted for the National Book Award and received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor and an Arab American Book Award. Sudanese by way of Washington, DC, Safia is a Pushcart Prize nominee, co-winner of the 2015 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and listed in Forbes Africa's 2018 "30 Under 30." She lives in Los Angeles.
Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Awards

🏆 2025 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book - Young Adult Literature Award

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Safia Elhillo

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