Awards

• Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2006
• Short-listed for Beehive Awards (Poetry) 2007

Overview

A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. ""A lovely, rich collection that promises to be a lasting companion for young writers.""—School Library Journal (starred review) First love, friendship, school, family, community, having a crush, loving your mother and hating your mother, sense of self, body image, hopes and dreams . . . these seventy-two poems by Naomi Shihab Nye—written expressly for this collection—will speak to girls of all ages. An honest, insightful, inspirational, and amazing collection. ""A wide age range will respond to these deeply felt poems about everyday experiences, which encourage readers to lean eagerly into their lives and delight in its passages.""—ALA Booklist (starred review). An introduction by the author is included.

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9780060581893

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Nye begins her newest volume of 72 original poems with a wonderful, compact introduction in which she remembers her own rough years of transition and, like her beloved ceramics teacher, hopes to impart faith about 'growing up.' Writing for girls 12 and older, the author encourages her readers to write three lines down in a notebook every day . . . you will find out what you notice, and these poems, one imagines, could have indeed started out as scribbled details . . . crumbs to help me find my way back. They often deal with the everyday, smaller moments of childhood-a very large spider named Rose, the ring of a vegetable truck, a little chair, a flour sifter-through which quiet pings of meaning reverberate. Subtly, each of the five sections reflects the poet growing older; what she pays attention to changes and, with seeming simplicity, makes uncanny connections visible. From Sifter : When good days came / I would try to contain them gently / the way flour remains / in the sifter until you turn the handle. A gem. (index) (Poetry. YA) (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Information

Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

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