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Partly Cloudy
Poems of Love and Longing
By Soto, Gary
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15206-301-6
- Publisher
- Harcourt
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Gr 6-9 Soto skillfully captures the voice and emotions of young teens in love. The free verse poems are grouped together in two sections: "A Girl's Tears, Her Songs" and "A Boy's Body, His Words." There are selections about first kisses ("I haven't been kissed, /But I'm waiting"), young love ("We were young, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Soto is well known for his range, but here's a first for him: seventy-seven original poems all about teenage love. Divided into two sections, "A Girl's Tears, Her Songs" and "A Boy's Body, His Words," the free-verse poems all somehow ring true: appropriately corny, rich with image, accessible and believable. They describe a range of emotions and experience, from "Not Yet" ("I a small tree, / You a taller, bend...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Soto presents seventy-seven original poems about teenage love. Divided into two sections, "A Girl's Tears, Her Songs" and "A ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Rather than trying to say something new about first love, Partly Cloudy restates old ideas about love in new, contemporary ways. The seventy-seven poems present teenage love as both timeless and immediate—drawing on the landscape of contemporary American life (e-mail, cell phones, fast food joints) and using an accessible, casual vocabulary. Soto’s assorted teenage narrators—representing a range of ethnicities and backgrounds—struggle to make sense of their obsessions, disappointments, and romantic success...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
