Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems - Couverture rigide

George, Kristine O'Connell

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0618152504 ISBN 13 : 9780618152506

Editeur : Clarion Books, 2002

Synopsis

Award-winning poet Kristine O’Connell George, author of several successful picture books, now turns her attention to the middle school experience. The first year brings an array of challenges: making new friends, moving from class to class, tests and homework, changing for PE, gossip, school dances, and, of course, budding romance. Short, accessible poems in a variety of forms, but all in a single voice—that of a new middle schooler—evoke the memorable moments of the school year, exploring situations and emotions that will resonate with preteens. Lively illustrations complement this perceptive, humorous, poignant record of an important transitional year.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Readers facing this upstream swim [or] toweling themselves off afterwards will find much they relate to in this engaging volume." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred

"Kristine O'Connell George can do more with a small handful of words than most any poet around." --Riverbank Review Riverbank Review

"...mysteries of lockers and uncontrolled giggling are plumbed...rapture of the boy you like liking you...Sweet and on key." BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA

* “Readers facing this upstream swim [or] toweling themselves off afterwards will find much they relate to in this engaging volume." —The Bulletin, starred review “Kristine O'Connell George can do more with a small handful of words than most any poet around.” —Riverbank Review “The mysteries of lockers and uncontrolled giggling are plumbed; as is the rapture of the boy you like liking you back. . . . Sweet and on key." —Booklist   “Middle school, with all its trials, tribulations, and triumphs, is portrayed humorously and poignantly. . . . Students will relate to this voice navigating ‘upstream,’ while they try to find their own place in the middle-school wilderness.” —SLJ

Présentation de l'éditeur

Award-winning poet Kristine O’Connell George, author of several successful picture books, now turns her attention to the middle school experience. The first year brings an array of challenges: making new friends, moving from class to class, tests and homework, changing for PE, gossip, school dances, and, of course, budding romance. Short, accessible poems in a variety of forms, but all in a single voice—that of a new middle schooler—evoke the memorable moments of the school year, exploring situations and emotions that will resonate with preteens. Lively illustrations complement this perceptive, humorous, poignant record of an important transitional year.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarion Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618152504
• ISBN 13: 9780618152506
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Tilley Debbie
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible