Behind the Wheel

Poems about Driving

By Wong, Janet S.

Publishers Summary:
Thirty-six poems look at various aspects of driving, including passing the written driver's test, being pulled over by a cop, and having an accident, and treat them as metaphors for life.

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ISBN
978-0-68982-531-6
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c1999.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 1999

Gr 6-8-Wong presents driving as a metaphor for life. She makes the rather obvious analogy in the poem "Behind the Wheel": "Everything you need to know/you learn right here/behind the wheel./Watch out for the other guy./Keep your eye on your rear./Thank the old lady who lets you in./Don't steal someone else's spot./When you rush to park and end up hopeless, crooked-/j...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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