New this week: May 2, 2022, young adult releases

New this week: May 2, 2022, young adult releases
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They tell me to “fix” my hair.

And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;


but how do you fix this shipwrecked

history of hair? 


In her most famous spoken-word poem, Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad – the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. 

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