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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2018 | Nonfiction
Gr 6–8-Focusing on the themes of "migration and resilience," this collection, featuring original poems by Jane Yolen, Naomi Shihab Nye, Margarita Engle, and others, reinterprets significant sea voyages from the 15th century to the present day. The poems capture well the emotions of the travelers, though all together they are somewhat incongruous: a poem from the perspective of the sailors on Christopher Columbus's ships appears alongs...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2018
Fourteen poems in various styles by twelve poets, including Jane Yolen, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Paul Janeczko, reflect on human sea migration from the fifteenth cen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More