num_pages: 80
description: Award-winning poet Kristine O’Connell George, author of several successful picture books, now turns her attention to the middle school experience. The first year brings an array of challenges: making new friends, moving from class to class, tests and homework, changing for PE, gossip, school dances, and, of course, budding romance. Short, accessible poems in a variety of forms, but all in a single voice—that of a new middle schooler—evoke the memorable moments of the school year, exploring situations and emotions that will resonate with preteens. Lively illustrations complement this perceptive, humorous, poignant record of an important transitional year.
language: English
title: Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems
titlecomplete: Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Education, Picture Books, Poetry
ratings_count: 181
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Clarion Books