Synopses & Reviews
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'\"Readers facing this upstream swim [or] toweling themselves off afterwards will find much they relate to in this engaging volume.\"'
Review
'\"...mysteries of lockers and uncontrolled giggling are plumbed...rapture of the boy you like liking you...Sweet and on key.\" BOOKLIST'
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"Readers facing this upstream swim [or] toweling themselves off afterwards will find much they relate to in this engaging volume." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred
"Kristine O'Connell George can do more with a small handful of words than most any poet around." --Riverbank Review Riverbank Review
"...mysteries of lockers and uncontrolled giggling are plumbed...rapture of the boy you like liking you...Sweet and on key." BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA
Synopsis
Award-winning poet Kristine OConnell George, author of several successful picture books, now turns her attention to the middle school experience. The first year brings an array of challenges: making new friends, moving from class to class, tests and homework, changing for PE, gossip, school dances, and, of course, budding romance. Short, accessible poems in a variety of forms, but all in a single voicethat of a new middle schoolerevoke the memorable moments of the school year, exploring situations and emotions that will resonate with preteens. Lively illustrations complement this perceptive, humorous, poignant record of an important transitional year.
About the Author
'Kristine O\'Connell George, one of the principal voices in contemporary children\'s poetry, has received the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Promising Poet Award. She lives with her family in Agoura, California.Debbie Tilley has illustrated The Secrets of Ms. Snickle\'s Class and Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems by Kristine O\'Connell George, as well as many other books. She lives in Escondido, California.'