A review by buttercupita
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

5.0

I have become an enormous fan of Elizabeth Acevedo. Get her books on audio -- she reads them herself, and I think her voice adds power to the stories she tells of teenage girls growing up in challenging circumstances. Her approach to tough subjects like teen sexuality & pregnancy, racism, and violence is honest and unflinching, but not didactic. You can't help but fall in love with her heroines because the stories feel so true. I can't wait until her next book!