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amie_monsen 's review for:
Keesha's House
by Helen Frost
I absolutely loved Keesha's House. I feel like it rang really true to what teenagers and young adults are going thru in their lives today. Helen Frost didn't sugarcoat the character's lives or trials to make the reader feel better, which I consider a big responsibility for author's of young adult literature. Even though the book was a quick and easy read, it still made me think and ponder these character's lives and the significance of that. I would definitely recommend this to just about anyone aging from 15-16 and onward. Even myself, a 24 year old, found this book beneficial and enlightening; I'm sure anyone else no matter their age could as well.
Since this book is written in poetry form, I would definitely like to use this book in a high school classroom if we were going over poetry. Not only would we be able to cover the different forms of poetry and why an author might choose that form, but we could also discuss the different themes in the book. These themes could include but are not limited to: family dynamics, teen pregnancy, drugs and sexuality. I would definitely need to make sure that the school administration and parents of the student's were ok with the students reading this book, but once I had gotten this 'go ahead' I would use this piece of literature to enlighten and encourage student's in their own writing.
Some warnings I have for this book include:
-Drugs: some of the characters use drugs themselves, and have a hard time breaking the habit
-Sex (including homosexuality): one of the characters is kicked out of his home by his Father for coming out as a homosexual, and another 16 year old character gets pregnant and then leaves home
-Violence: one of the main character's brother is killed by a drug dealer/member of a gang, and other characters are involved in the gangs themselves
Since this book is written in poetry form, I would definitely like to use this book in a high school classroom if we were going over poetry. Not only would we be able to cover the different forms of poetry and why an author might choose that form, but we could also discuss the different themes in the book. These themes could include but are not limited to: family dynamics, teen pregnancy, drugs and sexuality. I would definitely need to make sure that the school administration and parents of the student's were ok with the students reading this book, but once I had gotten this 'go ahead' I would use this piece of literature to enlighten and encourage student's in their own writing.
Some warnings I have for this book include:
-Drugs: some of the characters use drugs themselves, and have a hard time breaking the habit
-Sex (including homosexuality): one of the characters is kicked out of his home by his Father for coming out as a homosexual, and another 16 year old character gets pregnant and then leaves home
-Violence: one of the main character's brother is killed by a drug dealer/member of a gang, and other characters are involved in the gangs themselves