Beauty Woke is a powerful story of pride and community, told with
bold lyricism and the heart of a fairy tale, and readers looking for a
next-generation Sleeping Beauty will fall in love with the vivid art and
lyrical text.
Beauty is a Puerto Rican girl loved and admired by her family and
community. At first, she's awake to their beauty, and her own--a proud
Boricua of Taíno and African descent.
But as she grows older, she sees how people who look like her are
treated badly, and she forgets what makes her special. So her community
bands together to help remind her of her beautiful heritage!