Book Review: With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo ‘With The Fire On High’ by Elizabeth Acevedo is a novel in verse. It was her second release, preceded by ‘The Poet X’ and followed by ‘Clap When You Land’. This book follows Emoni Santiago. a teen mum from Philadelphia, who is starting her seniorContinueContinue reading
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‘Clap When You Land’ by Elizabeth Acevedo is a novel-in-verse, told from the perspective of half-sisters, Camino and Yahaira. It was released in 2020 and is Acevedo’s fifth project.
Dean Atta’s debut novel in verse, ‘The Black Flamingo’ was released in 2019. It tells the story of Michael Angeli from childhood through to the Christmas after he turned nineteen.
‘Only On The Weekends’ is Dean Atta’s second novel in verse, which was released in 2022. The story follows Mackintosh Fadayomi, a fifteen-year-old boy navigating his first relationship, except Karim doesn’t think he can come out yet, and Mack’s father has to move the family to Glasgow for a few months for his upcoming film, starring Finn, a proud LGBT activist, who has also caught Mack’s eye. What’s a boy to do?
Imogen L. Smiley 