countdown to vacay: 2 days
Today is dedicated to packing (mostly basic foods as groceries are expensive in the VI) and loading books onto the iPod and the Kindle. I think I have enough to last me for the week. In between shuffling CDs and putting out the stuff to be packed, I finished reading Tracie Vaughn Zimmer's slim yet powerful novel in verse, 42 MILES.
Loved this novel of JoEllen who lives two separate lives. During the week, she lives with her Mom in their apartment in the city. Weekends are Dad's out on the farm. Different parents, different names, different set of friends, different routines. And it seems never the twin shall meet. As JoEllen writes:
"They try to split me
like an apple's pale heart
on either side of the blade
pretending
my life is like
Mr. Howard's hexagon,
equal parts
no matter
how many times they cut it." (p. 7)
Spare poems. Sharp images. Piercing emotions. While this slim bok will take no time at all to read, it will be one, I think, that readers will revisit. I could see this one paired with Joan Bauer's STAND TALL for Lit Circles.
Loved this novel of JoEllen who lives two separate lives. During the week, she lives with her Mom in their apartment in the city. Weekends are Dad's out on the farm. Different parents, different names, different set of friends, different routines. And it seems never the twin shall meet. As JoEllen writes:
"They try to split me
like an apple's pale heart
on either side of the blade
pretending
my life is like
Mr. Howard's hexagon,
equal parts
no matter
how many times they cut it." (p. 7)
Spare poems. Sharp images. Piercing emotions. While this slim bok will take no time at all to read, it will be one, I think, that readers will revisit. I could see this one paired with Joan Bauer's STAND TALL for Lit Circles.