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forgereads17's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
msjoanna's review
3.0
I chose this book because I have a fond memory of working with this author as an artist-in-residence at my elementary school. She even published one of my poems from that workshop in a collection of children's poetry that she edited. I found her lovely and great with children and I've always loved the fact that I was encouraged to write poetry in elementary school.
There were a few poems in this collection that really worked and managed to be both linguistically beautiful or interesting while also delivering an emotional punch. There were many that had an interesting moment or image. And there were some that didn't really move me at all.
Overall, I think this is pitched at younger readers and should be accessible to middle school and high school readers. There's strong overall messages that people aren't trash, children should be loved, that we have lives that are too busy and too full of stuff, and that we should be better at making sure that we are good caretakers of the planet.
There were a few poems in this collection that really worked and managed to be both linguistically beautiful or interesting while also delivering an emotional punch. There were many that had an interesting moment or image. And there were some that didn't really move me at all.
Overall, I think this is pitched at younger readers and should be accessible to middle school and high school readers. There's strong overall messages that people aren't trash, children should be loved, that we have lives that are too busy and too full of stuff, and that we should be better at making sure that we are good caretakers of the planet.
mellyjj's review against another edition
1.0
This was very disappointing. And I had high hopes too. I'm not sure who the intended audience is, because it doesn't sounds MG or YA and agressively political as well.
tashrow's review
4.0
By the Young People’s Poet Laureate, this collection of poems shines a fierce light on the garbage and litter we create and toss away. The poems tie litter to larger environmental concerns as well as American politics in the time of anti-truth and fake news. Some poems question whether technology is helping us or not too. This is a collection that is thought provoking and insistent that we begin to pay attention to the large and small choices we are making each day and figure out how we too can make a difference and start picking up our own litter, both physical and figurative.
Nye has written a collection of poems with a strong political viewpoint that demands attention. Yet she never veers into lecturing readers, rather using the power of her words to make us all think differently about our privilege on this planet, how we abuse it, and how to restore balance to the world, our lives and our politics. The poems move from one to the next with a force of nature, almost like wandering your own garbage-strewn path and engaging with it. Sometimes you may lack the equipment, but the hope is that your own fingers start twitching to pick things up too.
A strong collection that is provocative and tenacious. Appropriate for ages 10-14.
Nye has written a collection of poems with a strong political viewpoint that demands attention. Yet she never veers into lecturing readers, rather using the power of her words to make us all think differently about our privilege on this planet, how we abuse it, and how to restore balance to the world, our lives and our politics. The poems move from one to the next with a force of nature, almost like wandering your own garbage-strewn path and engaging with it. Sometimes you may lack the equipment, but the hope is that your own fingers start twitching to pick things up too.
A strong collection that is provocative and tenacious. Appropriate for ages 10-14.
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