Cold Fury by T.M. Goeglein (Shadorma poem)
Gun and cash –
Sixteen and alone –
Sara Jane
Rispoli
Needs to find her parents and
Fight for her own life.
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Poetry Month – Day 16
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Acrostic)
Wallowing in the pain of
Awkward adolescence,
Learning to
Love others and to become
Free enough to
Love yourself,
Outcast, and casting out the
Wailing of an
Earlier you –
Redeemable with truth.
Poetry Month – Day 15 (Cinquain)
This one is a cinquain (5 lines, syllables 2-4-6-8-2).
Auggie,
With heart of gold,
Face-to-face with bullies –
Being himself for his own sake
And theirs.
Poetry Month – Day 13
For this new trilogy, I have written a Triolet…
Genius appliances and friends,
Treasures found in Tesla’s Attic,
Are they magic or mathematic?
Genius appliances, and friends,
Are drawn to the new kid Nick.
One who might know how it ends-
Genius appliances and friends-
Treasures found in Tesla’s attic.
Day 11 – Poetry Month (Limerick)
Med Head: My Knock-down, Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle with My Brain by James Patterson
There once was a young man named Cory,
Who had a triumphant story –
Tourette’s, OCD,
Mixed with anxiety-
Tough love (not the meds) brought him glory.
Poetry Month – Day 10
Today’s Poem is a Tanka. (Syllable pattern 5-7-5-7-7).
Coffee nut latte?
Maybe that makes Cam perfect
For Em (or does it?)
Espressology’s a hit.
People want love and lattes.
Poetry Month – Day 8
This is a Kyrielle poem in response to Sharon Draper’s most recent book Panic (which I began and completed today).
DIAMOND
Though people tell of the danger,
Say “Never talk to a stranger”,
It was in public – light of day,
So She went with him anyway.
He was professionally dressed,
His intentions kept full at bay,
He portrayed a family-man (blessed)
So She went with him anyway.
She didn’t have nary a clue
Of the nasty things he would do,
Or the way the acts he’d display,
So She went with him anyway.
He claimed a daughter and a wife,
His evil plan not on display.
She wasn’t concerned for her life,
So She went with him anyway.
April is Poetry Month!
To celebrate National Poetry Month, and to begin blogging again, I intend to post an original poem each day. As I originally intended for this blog to be used for book reviews, I will highlight a book via poetry, each day.
Seven word poem…
Surrounded by beautiful differences,
You fit in.
A Few Good Books
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Grades 6 through 8
Life is challenging enough for anybody who is about to turn 13, but for Mibs Beaumont, turning 13 changes everything. Every Beaumont has a “savvy” or a special talent that starts on the 13th birthday. One Beaumont can control electricity, and one can create huge storms and hurricanes.
Mibs convinces herself that her savvy can wake up her dad, who is hospitalized in a coma. When she gets on a bus to sneak to the hospital, she and her siblings end up on quite the adventure.
My Rating: 4 Stars
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
Grades 4 through 8
Joey gets to spend the summer with his dad who convinces (forces) Joey to stop taking his ADHD medications. As Joey loses control of himself, he also has to come to terms with some other difficult issues: his parents’ divorce, his dad’s alcoholism, and his grandmother’s addiction.
My Rating: 5 Stars
The Tale of Desperaux : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
Ages 5 to 105
This story is a story of a mouse, Desperaux, who is not content with his lot in life. He is a dreamer, and falls in love with a princess, named Pea. As Desperaux fights for a life that is more than what he was offered he has to confront rejection, fear, darkness, and the rats in the dungeon.
My Rating: 4.5 Stars (4 the first time I read it; 5 the second time)
Hello world!
This blog will cover books that I have completed reading, and my rating of such. My intention is to enable students to find books they may enjoy. My other purpose is to remember some details about the books after I have read them, given that I am reading so many, so rapidly. When I list ages or grade ranges for the books, these are not reading levels. Reading levels do not account for interests and appropriateness for a given reader. For example, a ten-year-old who can read at a 12th grade reading level, should not be reading about affairs and politics just because he/she can. Likewise, and adult with a lower reading level is probably not interested in reading about a child’s kindergarten class.
The Read-e-ologist 