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Oct 24, 2007
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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it was amazing
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Outstanding! The author masterfully reveals how the students come to understand each other through listening to each other's poetry. Highly recommended!
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Plot: A bunch of kids are inspired by the poetry segment of their class and write their own poetry.
Both of my daughters had this book assigned for 8th grade English. I guess I can see why it’s so popular with teachers, the plot is a teacher’s fantasy! (Although I see some reviews from teachers here on gr who didn’t like this either! So I don’t know ...). Kudos to my school for trying to add diversity to the assigned reading, but they can do better. (They can start by having more than one author ...more
Both of my daughters had this book assigned for 8th grade English. I guess I can see why it’s so popular with teachers, the plot is a teacher’s fantasy! (Although I see some reviews from teachers here on gr who didn’t like this either! So I don’t know ...). Kudos to my school for trying to add diversity to the assigned reading, but they can do better. (They can start by having more than one author ...more
Apr 01, 2016
Liz
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Nov 16, 2016
Zack
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