In twenty-three compelling poems, a young girl carries her dreams from her Carribbean island birthplace to America, a new land she finds at once puzzling, frightening, and inspiring.
Themes
Categories: Beautiful Life, Cross Group
Content: Bi/multilingual
Settings: Illinois, New York, Northern America, United States of America, Washington D.C.
Ethnicity: Jamaican, Unspecified
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, White/European American/Caucasian
Religion: Christian
Cross Group Sub: Direct, Non-Central, Positive
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary