by Liz | Nov 5, 2018 | Awards, News
The Poet X has been nominated for the 2019 Carnegie Medal, the UK’s most prestigious prize for children’s literature!
by Liz | Sep 26, 2018 | News, Updates
Head on over to Entertainment Weekly to check out the cover and receive an exclusive peek of the first two chapters of the highly anticipated follow-up to The Poet X!
by Liz | Jun 1, 2018 | Awards, News
“First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in the spring, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction...
by Liz | Mar 5, 2018 | Media, Updates
Growing up, Latina Magazine was one of the few magazines I bough consistently and to which I even had a subscription. I loved learning about powerful women who shared a similar cultural heritage as me, and as a huge reader I especially loved book recommendations for...
by Liz | Mar 5, 2018 | Media
“Poet Elizabeth Acevedo makes her laudable young adult fiction debut with this electric novel-in-verse that gives voice to Xiomara, a Dominican-American teen from Harlem. Her whole life Xiomara’s been told “Pero, tu no eres facil./ You sure ain’t an easy one.”...
