Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty Contributor(s): Heppermann, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062289578 ISBN-13: 9780062289575 Publisher: Greenwillow Books
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Girls & Women - Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Assimilation |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2013050903 |
Age Level: 13-UP |
Grade Level: 8-UP |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.2" L (0.40 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 123 Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 125 Publishers Weekly 09/08/2014 Booklist 10/15/2014 pg. 39 PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 46 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014 - Book Of Special Distinction PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 111 Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2014 pg. 62 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Every little girl goes through her princess phase, whether she wants to be Snow White or Cinderella, Belle or Ariel. But then we grow up. And life is not a fairy tale. Christine Heppermann's collection of fifty poems puts the ideals of fairy tales right beside the life of the modern teenage girl. With piercing truths reminiscent of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins, this is a powerful and provocative book for every young woman. E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars, calls it "a bloody poetic attack on the beauty myth that's caustic, funny, and heartbreaking." Cruelties come not just from wicked stepmothers, but also from ourselves. There are expectations, pressures, judgment, and criticism. Self-doubt and self-confidence. But there are also friends, and sisters, and a whole hell of a lot of power there for the taking. In fifty poems, Christine Heppermann confronts society head on. Using fairy tale characters and tropes, Poisoned Apples explores how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, and their friends. The poems range from contemporary retellings to first-person accounts set within the original tales, and from deadly funny to deadly serious. Complemented throughout with black-and-white photographs from up-and-coming artists, this is a stunning and sophisticated book to be treasured, shared, and paged through again and again. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heppermann, Christine: - Christine Heppermann is the author of Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty, which received five starred reviews and was named to five best of the year lists in 2014, and Ask Me How I Got Here. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Highland, New York. |
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