Win a copy of The Poet X and Punching the Air for National Poetry Day!
In celebration of National Poetry Day 2021 we’re teaming up with our friends at HarperCollins Children’s to give away two heartfelt novels-in-verse: our very own The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo and Punching the Air, by Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi.
Three winners will win a copy of each book. Just enter below by midnight on October 14th 2021 for your chance to win:
Xiomara has always kept her words to herself and her secrets close to her chest. But a new love for poetry makes her realise just how important speaking up can be. And now, in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.
A novel about finding your voice and standing up for what you believe in, no matter how hard it is to say. Brave, bold and beautifully written – dealing with issues of race, feminism and faith.
Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal Shahid’s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it?
A moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth in a justice system designed to strip him of both.