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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Gr 2-4 Free-verse voices of five different third graders relate the last year of Pleasant Hill School before it is torn down. All of the children have their issuesJonathan's family is temporarily homeless, Kayla's brother is in jail, Dawn feels fatbut the youngsters are bound by their love for their teacher, Miss D., and for their school. The poems relate both the larger issues and famil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Told in the voices of five children from Miss D.'s third-grade class at Pleasant Hill, an inner-city elementary school slated to be torn down over the summer, Cheng's novel in poems reveals the special relationships that grow over the course of a school year. Each free-verse poem gently reveals the students' personalities, connections, and insecurities. Each child, like Pleasant Hill itself, is on somewhat shaky footing. Jonathan lives in a she...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Cheng's novel in poems reveals the special relationships that grow over the course of a year at an inner-city elementary school slated...Log In or Sign Up to Read More