Rebellious and poetic are two words that describe Roberta Frost. The 13-year-old is doing her best to navigate her early teens. Now, we all know that being a teenager is difficult enough and after calling a former U.S. President a hypocrite for enslaving people and having a nun at her Catholic school respond with a racist insult, Roberta also begins to question her religion and how it fits into the greater scope of her life.
Reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X, writing poetry, and participating in an essay contest keep Roberta busy after the encounter with the nun and the other difficulties she’s experiencing in her life. But when Roberta receives the devastating news that she not eligible for the essay contest, her reaction is one that is met with a confrontation with her mother that leads to Roberta learning some truths about her family she was never expecting.
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