Class Dismissed II: More High School Poems - Hardcover

Grade 7 Up As in Class Dismissed (Houghton, 1982), the subjects of these poems are fictional adolescents based on actual students. The 70 poems are fresh and crisp; they cut to the bone of adolescent life. The book is in perfect balance, with Glenn's honest poetry set in clear print with a clean layout and Bernstein's striking photographic portraits of teenagers. Whether presenting "Ian Sinclair's" view of the future ("That fallout makes for nuclear winter /and winter kills") or "Hayes Iverson's" flush of sports ("The ball is up /Universe waits") or "Min Than's" relocation to America ("I write letters to my father /Telling him of my progress /I have not heard from him in over one year /I hope he is alive"), each poem makes its subject live. From homework to relationships to proms to graduation to life beyondthe class may have been dismissed at the end of the book, but the poems remain firmly in readers' minds and hearts. Kathleen D. Whalin, Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, Reynoldsburg, Ohio
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