Nikki Grimes writes poetry, verse novels and children's fiction about Black family life, faith, friendship and young people finding language for difficult experiences. Bronx Masquerade follows students in a high-school English class whose open-mic sessions reveal identities and problems hidden from classmates, using multiple voices and poems to build the group. Garvey's Choice tells the story of a boy struggling with his father's expectations and discovering confidence through music in compact tanka poems. Ordinary Hazards turns Grimes's own childhood experiences of family instability and foster care into a memoir in verse, while One Last Word responds to writers of the Harlem Renaissance through the Golden Shovel form. Her writing is accessible, rhythmic and emotionally precise. It fits verse novels, Black children's literature and poetry for young readers. Read more Less
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