The Color of My Words

The Color of My Words
Author(s): Lynn Joseph

Américas Award Winner

“An achingly beautiful story.”—Kirkus (starred review) “Eloquent.”—Booklist (starred review) “Lovely and lyrical.”—School Library Journal

This powerful and resonant Américas Award-winning novel tells the story of a young girl’s struggle to find her place in the world and to become a writer in a country where words are feared.

Seamlessly interweaving both poetry and prose, Lynn Joseph’s acclaimed debut is a lush and lyrical journey into a landscape and culture of the Dominican Republic.

The Color of My Words explores the pain and poetry of discovering what it means to be part of a family, what it takes to find your voice and the means for it to be heard, and how it feels to write it all down.

Review(s):
“An achingly beautiful story.”
“Eloquent.”
“Finely wrought.”
“Poetically structured, vividly imagined.”
“Lovely and lyrical.”

Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book, International Reading Association Notable Book for a Global Society, ALA Notable Children’s Book, Book Sense Pick, Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC), Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

ISBN:  9780064472043