Awards and Honors2011 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults; Children's Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Children's Choices - Best Books of 2011, Coming of Age, ages 12-14
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland, a.k.a. Shakespeare, is a budding poet. He's angry to learn that his father is ready to date so soon after Kevin's mother's death but is even more bothered by the confusion in his own love life. His girlfriend, Mira, is beautiful and nice, but she just doesn't seem to understand him, or his poetry, as well as Amy, a cute fellow poet, does.
Summary Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland, poet and first baseman, is torn between his cute girlfriend, Mira, and Amy, who is funny, plays Chopin on the piano, and is also a poet.
Topics Poetry. Parents. Dating. Baseball.
SRC Level 3.600000
SRC Points 6.000000
Lexile NP
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2010-02-28
JLG Release Date May 2010
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
Advanced Readers
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
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