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Poetry for a fifteen-year-old who 'doesn't like' poetry - suggestions, anyone?
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Re: Poetry for a fifteen-year-old who 'doesn't like' poetry - suggestions, anyone?
ruthwater
18 yrs ago
Try Benjamin Zephaniah. Very clever Jamaican rasta poet who writes in the rap tradition about subjects young people relate to. He's screamingly funny on tape - eg,
"Be nice to your turkey dis christmas,
turkeys just …
ruthwater
18 yrs ago
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Has anyone read this novel about a woman who simply cannot bring herself to love her son? It's pretty controversial and not an easy read - he ends up doing a Columbine-style massacre. But it raises loads of interesting q…
ruthwater
18 yrs ago
there are three new titles just out (at least in the UK) based on the new TV series. Rose Tyler is a strong assistant to the Doctor, a great role model. They are called, "Winner Takes All", "The Clockwork Man" and "Monst…
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Can you reccomend a good sci-fi series for an 11 year old?
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More ideas for 11 year old SF
ruthwater
18 yrs ago
Philip Reeve's "Hungry City" trilogy - "Mortal Engines", "Predator's Gold" and "Infernal Devices"- about a strange far future where cities travel on wheels and consume each other.
Eoin Colfer's "The Supernaturalist" -…
ruthwater
19 yrs ago
I look after the fiction library at a Church school and invariably it is the teachers - or very occasionally a family member - who complain when a child tackles a book with a demanding theme or style. I do try to take cu…
ruthwater
19 yrs ago
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I thought those were Jellicle Cats (see TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats)
