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What Have You Lost?
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
What Have You Lost?
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Naomi Shihab Nye
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 153 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780380733071
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| Classifications | Dewey:808.819353 |
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| Audience | | Children / Juvenile | | Primary & Secondary Education | | Teenage / Young Adult | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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| Imprint |
HarperCollins Children's Books
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| Publication Date |
8 May 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Here are 140 poems by contemporary poets that reflect on the provocative question posed by the title of this book. For ages 13 and over.
Author Biography
Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Reviews"Lost memories, lost relationships, regret -- each poem pierces and then releases readers, who pocket a new treasure at the end of each page."--"School Library Journal"Young readers in the throes of realizing the infinite possibilities of loss are bound to connect with these 140 dynamic poems."--"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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