{"product_id":"these-are-the-words-9781529083606","title":"These Are the Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A compassionate, restorative collection\" \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReclaim your agency. Discover your power. Find the words.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously illustrated throughout by Nikita herself and featuring seasonal astrological poetry, this collection is an achingly beautiful, stunningly warm and fearless expression of truth from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eREMINDER FOR HEALING\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou do not owe anyone your forgiveness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe trees do not apologize to the wind that uproots them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe rocks do not apologize to the erosion by the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe stars do not apologize to the universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen they are writhing and dying out.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd you are not obligated to forgive anyone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut yourself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikita Gill is a British-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator living in the south of England. She has published five collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eYour Soul Is A River \u003c\/i\u003e(Thought Catalog), \u003ci\u003eYour Heart is the\u003c\/i\u003e Sea (Thought Catalog), \u003ci\u003eWild Embers \u003c\/i\u003e(Trapeze), \u003ci\u003eFierce Fairytales\u003c\/i\u003e (Trapeze) and \u003ci\u003eGreat Goddesses \u003c\/i\u003e(Ebury).\u003cbr\u003eShe is the editor of the poetry anthology SLAM! (Macmillan's Children's Books) and her next book, a novel in verse called \u003ci\u003eThe Girl and Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Ebury on National Poetry Day 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604691030290,"sku":"9781529083606","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_917353bb-8414-4e04-9a50-9a575e91ae30.jpg?v=1732263122","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/these-are-the-words-9781529083606","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}