Inheritance: A Visual PoemIn her most famous spoken word poem, author of the Pura Belpr winning novel in verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro Latinidad the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason Reynolds's For Everyone, this poem can now be read in a vibrant

He imagines all the fun they will have together

Among the stars

Glaude suggests

he's floored to discover she's been leading a double life

and energizing narrative written by beloved award-winner Jason Reynolds

There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you

and practical ways kids can get involved in activism

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With the support of her new companions

as an experiment in the removal of all racial codes from a narrative about two characters of different races for whom racial identity is crucial

she finds herself inside the no-man's land between the line of police and protesters

Before long