In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page.
Be with yourself for a moment.
Be yourself for a moment.
Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment.
From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to school to family life to falling in love and falling back out again-the poems draw on the author's experience as a young mixed-race woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy, this is poetry that will resonate with all young people, whatever their background and whatever their dreams.
| ISBN: | 9781536209921 |
| Publication date: | 8th September 2020 |
| Author: | Sophia Thakur |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 99 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods and feelings |