Sharon Creech
Harper Collins, 2001
Pages: 112
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Peotry
This story is from the perspective of a boy named Jack. It's as if you are reading a notebook that he has to write for a class. At the beginning, his teacher has asked everyone to write poems. He replies that he doesn't want to, and that poems are for girls. He also says that to him it seems as if poems are just normal words written in very short lines. His teacher gives him some inspiration, and he discovers that he likes poems and is actually kind of good at them. He really likes the poems of a man name Mr. Walter Dean Myers. Mr. Deans poems help Jack get his feelings out about his dog, Sky, who was hit by a car. He is so happy about his poem, that Jack invites Walter Dean Myers to his class... and guess what?! He comes!
I would recommend this book to children in Jr High. I think it would be a good way to get them re-interested in poetry.
I can't think of any problems or conflicts this poem could cause.
My reaction: I don't really like poems, but this one was still pretty good. I liked reading a poem that I didn't have to analyse after. But for some reason I have a hard time retaining what I erad when I read poems, even this one.
My rating: ***
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