When We Make It

When I went to the Lit Bar bookstore in the Bronx last weekend, I saw this book. I have seen a few such books that use poems to tell a story. If Homer could do it ...

As one summary notes: "Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader who can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment." Some might be using Google Translate a lot.

I don't know about reading the whole thing (LOTS of poems; each are short), but very good. Prime to be read aloud; perhaps a version can have lots of Puerto Rican girls do it.