Publisher: Snap Screen Press
Pages: 94
Source: Review copy
in exchange for my honest opinion
Genre: Young Adult
Poetry
This book came at just the right time for me. I am a middle school teacher and we are
currently working on poetry. This book
is a sequel to A Boy’s First Diary.
I want to make my opinion of this book clear from the very
beginning. I absolutely love this
book! It is laugh out loud
hilarious. The topics of his poems can
be understood by middle school students.
Some of the topics might not be for the sensitive or immature sixth
graders. The poems don’t rhyme which
will appeal to students who are trying to learn to write poetry. They are narratives and read like short
stories.
The author writes from the perspective of a teenager. His principal and teachers have
nicknames. In his poem Pimples, Currie ends the poem with the following stanza:
“Everything is harder
in seventh grade.
You get too many
teachers,
A lot of mean kids and
too much homework.
And then you get
pimples.”
I thought about it and read this one to my sixth
graders. They agreed with the poem and
told me that it seemed like once you hit middle school things slid down hill
real fast. I think the author really
speaks the language of the middle school student.
The poems are definitely told from a male perspective. I believe this is one way to get guys to
read. The poems are definitely from a
different time period. In his poem “Talking about Girls”, he talks about trying to get a date for the
dance. He is referring to a “sock hop”.
For me one of the most hilarious things is when he is
talking about a topic, usually “mens truation” and he has asked his dad and
others what it is and they don’t tell him and his reply is, I don’t think he
knows either”. He defines parents as
getting old and forgetting things when they hit the age of 30. I can sit back and laugh because I know some
of my students see adults this way. It is a reminder of the way I used to think
about things at that age. This is
definitely a must read book.
For more information about other books the author has
written, check out his website: www.snapscreenpress.com
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