Bronx masquerade

Firefly & Fern Summary

Bronx Masquerade is a powerful novel told entirely in verse that follows a diverse group of high school students in the Bronx as they share their hidden identities and authentic selves through an annual poetry project. Through honest, moving poems, readers discover that their classmates—the ones they thought they knew—have rich inner lives, dreams, and struggles they've been masking. This book celebrates self-expression, empathy, and the transformative power of truly seeing one another.