This is a poetry book that I just absolutely love! I do not like poetry very well. What I love most about this book is that each poem is telling a story, the same story, with a hidden message in each. The hidden message is bolded. I absolutely love that part! What I do not like about this book is...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to recommending it to my 6th graders. This is a story told in verse, but I listened to the audiobook so I didn't see the formatting of the text. This is a perfect storm of events including WWI, the women's suffrage movement and the influenza pandemi...
An unforgettable narrative collage told in poemsKeesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can’t make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie’s boyfrien...
He’s an Ottawa man, named Wedaase. We’ve eaten together, and now we’re sitting by the fire playing music. Father on his fiddle, Wedaase on a flute, Kwaahkwa with the drummers. Rain Bird and her friends start dancing, and later, when the music ends, Kwaahkwa’s father starts a conversation: This wa...