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Black Stars in a White Night Sky
By Lawson, JonArno & Tjia, Sherwin
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59078-521-8
- Publisher
- Wordsong
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
Gr 4-8 Most of the poems in this collection are short, and topics range from personal yet universal issues such as following the crowd ("]the path to conformity/is different for each person") to the abstract, like the comically sad lot of being a peppercorn (which, "]fell in a sprinkling/of savory dust"). The most successful of them express a moment or emotion in a new and surprising way; one begins, "How,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
The topics of these poems range from the concrete to the abstract, from nonsensical to thoughtful. While the volume doesn't...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
