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J / Testa
Almost Forever.
Maria Testa. 2003. 69p. (E)
The young narrator describes in verse her experiences as she waits for her
father to return from serving in Vietnam.
J811.54 / SID
Eureka! Poems about inventors.
Joyce Sidman. 2002. 48p. (EMJ)
Poems about the innovators who developed everything from the Frisbee to the
world-wide web. One of a kind.
811.54 / NEL
Fortune's bones: The manumission requiem.
Marilyn Nelson. 2004. 32p. (MJS)
Nelson honors the life of a slave named Fortune who lived in Connecticut in
1700s. Owned by a medical doctor, Fortune's body was dissected and his
bones were preserved in a museum display after his death.
811.54 / MYE
Here in Harlem: Poems in many voices.
Walter Dean Myers. 2004. 88p. (MJS)
Fifty-four poems in many different voices explore the vibrant African
American culture of Harlem. Elementary and Middle School readers might also
like Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance by Daphne
Muse or Harlem: A Poem, also by Walter Dean Myers.
J811.6 / MAR
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z collection of jazz portraits.
Wynton Marsalis. Illustrations by Paul Rogers. 2005. (JS)
A masterpiece work - poetry and illustrations introduce the reader to the
great jazz innovators. A fantastic guide to jazz, poetic styles and
creative modern art.
Y / Wolf
New Found Land.
Alan Wolf. 2004. 501p. (S)
Absorbing and innovative prose/poetry masterpiece tracing the Lewis and
Clark expedition. Wolf uses many voices to tell the story, often taking
words directly from journals and letters.
J / Hesse
Witness.
Karen Hesse. 2001. 161p. (EMJ)
The time is 1924, and the place is a small town in Vermont. An ensemble of
characters describe their reactions when the Ku Klux Klan comes to town. By
the award-winning author of another novel in verse, Out of the Dust.
Worlds afire.
Paul B. Janeczko. 2004. 92p. (MJ)
In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, a circus fire killed 167 people. This
brief, dramatic book of verse tells the story of this tragedy.
811. 54 / NEL
A wreath for Emmett Till.
Marilyn Nelson. 2005. (S)
The horror of Emmett Till's murder in 1955 is the subject of Nelson's
sophisticated and moving sonnets.
E: Older Elementary School Students
M: Middle School Students
J: 7th - 9th Graders
S: High School Students
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