Bitter by Emezi, Akwaeke
Bitter by Emezi, Akwaeke
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Author: Akwaeke Emezi
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/15/2022
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780593309032
Age Range: 13-17
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/31/2022
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 50
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2022
School Library Journal 03/01/2022 pg. 109
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, a Walter Honor Book and a Stonewall Honor Book; the New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the PEN/Jean Stein Award;Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize; and most recently, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir. Their debut poetry collection, Content Warning: Everything, is forthcoming in 2022. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.