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The Color of My Words

by Lynn Joseph · 2000

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Twelve-year-old Ana Rosa is a blossoming writer growing up in the Dominican Republic, a country where words are feared. Yet there is so much inspiration all around her — watching her brother search for a future, learning to dance and to love, and finding out what it means to be part of a community — that Ana Rosa must write it all down. As she struggles to find her own voice and a way to make it heard, Ana Rosa realizes the power of her words to transform the world around her — and to transcend the most unthinkable of tragedies.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thisteachersteachersMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
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Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicMore like thisLess of thisCaribbeanCaribbeanMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
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short · 144 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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