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In this spare, but evocative book we get a year’s worth of Jack’s weekly poetry assignments from his elementary school teacher, Miss Stretchberry. He starts out short, objecting to the assignment, claiming that a) as a boy, he doesn’t write poetry, and b) he has nothing to say. But by the end of September, he’s responding to the poems being read aloud and answering questions raised by his teacher about his previous work. By the end of October, he’s letting her post his poems on their class bulle
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Great use of a different narrative structure! Loved this book from a boy student's perspective on poetry in the classroom and his dog. Just very clever and relatable. Would recommend for upper elementary and middle school.
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I have an old coworker who loved this book and I totally see why! It’s a charming introduction to poetry. However, the plot itself is a little lean and I thought it was unrealistic that it culminates in a visit by a really famous author.
Feb 06, 2018
Katy
marked it as to-read
