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The rose that grew from concrete

A collection of poems written by rap artist and actor Tupac Shakur at the age of nineteen.

Mary's monster

love, madness, and how Mary Shelley created Frankenstein
A free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, featuring over 300 pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations.

Miguel's brave knight

young Cervantes and his dream of Don Quixote
2017
A collection of illustrated poems about the childhood of Miguel de Cervantes and his character Don Quixote.
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Before she was Harriet

2017
"Moses, General Tubman, Minty, Araminta, the woman we know today as Harriet Tubman went by many names. Each represented one of her many roles as a spy, as a liberator, as a suffragist, and more."--Provided by publisher.

Miguel y su valiente caballero

el joven Cervantes sue?a a Don Quijote
2018
A collection of illustrated poems about the childhood of Miguel de Cervantes and his character Don Quixote.

How I discovered poetry

2016
The author reflects on her childhood in the 1950s and her development as an artist and young woman through fifty poems that consider such influences as the Civil Rights Movement, the "Red Scare" era, and the feminist movement.
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Martin rising

requiem for a King
Presents a collection of poems that looks at the final months of Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Before she was Harriet

"Moses, General Tubman, Minty, Araminta, the woman we know today as Harriet Tubman went by many names. Each represented one of her many roles as a spy, as a liberator, as a suffragist, and more."--Provided by publisher.
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The night before Christmas

a brick story
2015
"... [A] retelling of Clement C. Moore's ... poem, 'A Visit from St. Nicholas,' ... featur[ing] the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with ... LEGO brick scenes and characters"--Provided by publisher.
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