Relatively Speaking (book)

Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family is a young adult book of poetry by Ralph Fletcher, with drawings by Walter Lyon Krudop.  It was first published in 1999.

 Summary 
The youngest boy describes both his family and their life together through verse.  Various scenes include how the family prepare corn on the cob, his other brothers accident, the family reunion, his seldom seen cousin and his uncle's funeral.
 Style 
Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family has been described as a novel-in-verse.

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 Outside websites 
Ralph Fletcher's website
Walter Lyon Krudop's website

Category:1999 books
Category:Books by Ralph Fletcher
Category:20th-century American poems