Girl Coming in for a Landing - Brossura

Wayland, April Halprin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0440419034 ISBN 13: 9780440419037

Casa editrice: Yearling Books, 2004

Riassunto

A collection of poetry captures the year-in-the-life of a teenage girl as she deals with school, peers, first loves, first kisses, and the general highs and lows of simply being. Reprint.

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Recensione

“Utterly fresh and winning.”—Kirkus Reviews

“The familiarity and candor of the speaker’s voice—warm and authentic—will invite teens to value the small moments in their own experiences and put them into verse.”—Booklist

“Sincere and overflowing with turbulent emotion.”—The Horn Book Magazine

“Dazzling . . . zings right to the heart. I can’t imagine a warmer companion through adolescence.”—Sid Fleischman

“Honest, hearfelt, poignant.”—Sonya Sones

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POEMS FROM THROUGHOUT THE BOOK

ALL THIS SUMMER

All this summer
when I was alone,
I'd think about what he would say
and then he said it.

He did.

He'd walk with me hand in hand
in the late afternoons
along the sandbar of the Feather River.
He'd tell me, "You are the most important person in my life,"
and then he'd kiss my nose.

He would.

He'd pull leaves from my hair
and say, "Never leave me."
But I have. I've left him.
I've come back to school,
my two feet planted firmly on the ground.

I'm a teenager now.
I'll never walk with my invisible boyfriend again.

But I remember what he said.
BACK TO SCHOOL
LAST YEAR

Last year
I worried about where the rooms were
and all those kids.

I didn't know
what kind of binder to buy (three-ring?)
or how much lunch money to bring.

Last year I got my hair cut the day before school started.
Dumb me.
It was way too short that first day.

And last year I didn't know if I should buy new jeans
or if my comfortable overalls would be dorky ...
or even if anyone cared.

Last year I wasn't sure what time to set my alarm.
Last year
I was scared.


BACK TO SCHOOL
THIS YEAR

This year
I’ve got the perfect organizer
with pockets for every subject (except PE).

This year
I ironed my lavender shirt three days ago
and laid everything out last night.

This year
I set the alarm for six forty-five:
just right.

This year
I got my hair cut two weeks ago
so that it is exactly the right length today.

This year
I have Mr. C for science,
Mr. Barton from Tennessee for language arts

and Ms. Konigsberg
for chorus.
Aga i n .

Last year I worried: Who was I? What did I know?
This year
I put on glitter Chop Stick and go!

CARLO'S LAP

Laughing, tonight, after Christopher's party,
we pile into Yen-Mei Chen's stepfather's car.

"No room at the inn," I say softly to Leslie,
and even the kids in the front turn and grin.

We squeeze in.
The door slams shut.
I'm shoved on Carlo's lap!

words / stick
clocks /stop
blood /goes cold

The car moves.

Part of my brain still works.
It prays

never
let this
car ride
end.

IT'S PERFECTLY CLEAR

Leslie called me "unsupportive."
She said I didn't help her
make campaign posters on Friday.

Leslie called me "unsupportive."
She said she'd made it perfectly clear
she needed help on Friday.

Leslie called me
“unsupportive."
She hadn't made it clear.

Leslie
was a jerk
on Friday.

ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT


All I can think about is kissing him.

All I can write about in notes passed to Leslie

is kissing and she replies

about kissing and more.

All I can think about is kissing him and more.

GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANING


My heart
Is coming in
For a landing

Carrying a suitcase
packed with hope

I stuffed it'
Sat on it to snap the clasps

And as my heart dips from the cloud high
and slo wly descends,

finally taxiing to the gate, someone will unload my suitcase.

I am holding its tag tightly.
I have come to reclaim it.

Taking care ...
taking it
home.
From the Hardcover edition.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yearling Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0440419034
• ISBN 13: 9780440419037
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Disegnatore: Clayton Elaine