I recommend this book to teenagers because it’s giving you a message how you should go for what you want. I could also picture her cute 19 year old brother Guario and her family at the fiesta.

I was able to visualize when they heard the news about the government wanting to buy the village for hotels.

My favorite character is Ana Rose because she is open like me and she loves to dance the same type of music as me. My favorite scene was when Guario best friend Angel Rodriguez came to Ana’s house and she couldn’t stop looking at him when they were sitting at the kitchen table and she wouldn’t stop giggling. If you like to write poems and stories you most likely would it because this book does have poems. This book was an entertaining book it had to do with Latin dancing also and that’s something that really likes to do. Ana Rose’s family was surprised because they didn’t think that the government would do that. When Ana Rosa’s family found out that the government wanted to buy all the land in the village so that they can build hotels which mean they would have more tourists. Her mother understood but she also knew that her words weren’t going to be heard. “Ana Rosa,” there always has to be a first person to do something” ‘Mami said’. Ana Rosa explained to her mother how she wanted to write poems and stories. But in the República Dominicana the only person that could write books was the President and that was some thing that she wanted to do. Any paper she would see she would write on it like, napkins and even paper bags est. The Color of my Words is about a 12 year old girl Ana Rosa Hernandez that loves to express her feeling on paper. The book I am reviewing is The Color of my Words by Lynn Joseph. Apparent themes throughout and structured for classroom discussion. This novel is a nice selection for a middle grade classroom, though the content would also fit late-stage elementary school. This doesn't stop Ana Rosa from writing anyway-about politics, about love, about family, and about hardship. “Words are just the inventions of people, and they stand for nothing but what people decide they’ll be.”Īna Rosa dreams of becoming a writer, but in twentieth century D.R., she cannot pursue her dreams based on totalitarian government bans on artistry. It’s people who can do anything.” Guario sounded worn out. Sometimes Ana Rosa directly acknowledges writing the poems, which is an unique approach to form for middle grade fiction. Each brief chapter begins with a poem written by the protagonist that draws from the content of the chapter in question.

The Color of My Words combines poetry and prose when sharing the story of twelve-year-old Ana Rosa growing up in the Dominican Republic.

The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph