365 Days of Books of Interest: Day #93: The Color of My Words

This sounds interesting, I don't think I've read anything like this with a young writer trying find herself and writer about the world she sees around her.

Book: The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph

Description:

Twelve-year-old Ana Rosa is a blossoming writer growing up in the Dominican Republic, a country where words are feared. Yet there is so much inspiration all around her -- watching her brother search for a future, learning to dance and to love, and finding out what it means to be part of a community -- that Ana Rosa must write it all down. As she struggles to find her own voice and a way to make it heard, Ana Rosa realizes the power of her words to transform the world around her -- and to transcend the most unthinkable of tragedies.