This book is set in a high school English classroom. Mr. Ward the teacher has just finished a unit on the Harlem Renaissance and his kids are inspired to start sharing their poetry. They begin to have Open Mike Fridays every week and that breaks barriers in the class between the students. There is a poem or 2 for each student. It also shows that what appears to be is not always the reality. There is poetry from both males and females.
I read the book in 2 1/2 hours -- good read.
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Yesterday I read Sharon Draper's Double Dutch which was also a very enjoyable read for me. You have an 8th grade girl who cannot read, her best friend who is a liar, a classmate whose father is missing, and twin classmates who scare everyone INCLUDING the teacher.
