Natalie’s a new girl at school who has a thing for cutting herself. Miguel’s lost his parents to a violent war. Kyle rides a motorcycle and sings beautiful poems for his crush Tricia. Tricia’s caught between her past and her mother’s ambition for a new life with her step-father. Their teacher Mrs. Farr would pin all 4 students’ work on her poetry display board if only they’d tone down the sexual references, the nihilism, and the violent, pessimistic diction. Hard to believe a book of poems can create such a powerful plot — you’ll keep reading just to find out what happens when the lives of these highschool kids collide outside their poetry.
Find this book at London Public Library.
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