cover image Jazmin's Notebook

Jazmin's Notebook

Nikki Grimes. Puffin Books, $5.99 (102pp) ISBN 978-0-14-130702-2

""Hard times in 1960s Harlem do not squelch the ambitions of this doughty poet-narrator,"" said PW. ""This articulate, admirable heroine leaps over life's hurdles with agility and integrity."" Ages 10-14. (Feb.)