The interplay of author Elizabeth Acevedo’s voice with the voices of additional narrators lends a magical storytelling quality to this family saga.
Elizabeth Acevedo has laid herself bare in Family Lore as both a creator and as a person, which makes this not just her bravest book to date but perhaps also her best.
As the story switches between the sisters’ perspectives, both narrators deliver natural, evocative performances that flow with the rhythmic verse.
Elizabeth Acevedo makes a triumphant return to the novel-in-verse in Clap When You land, the story of two girls brought together by tragedy.
The Poet X is a perfect book that everyone should read.
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