Poisoned apples
Subtitle: poems for you, my pretty
By: Christine Heppermann
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780062289575
Subjects: Girls; Juvenile poetry
Description: Cruelties come not just from wicked stepmothers, but also from ourselves. There are expectations, pressures, judgment, and criticism. Self-doubt and self-confidence. But there are also friends, and sisters, and a whole hell of a lot of power there for the taking. In fifty poems, Christine Heppermann confronts society head on. Using fairy tale characters and tropes, Poisoned Apples explores how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, and their friends. The poems range from contemporary retellings to first-person accounts set within the original tales, and from deadly funny to deadly serious. Complemented throughout with black-and-white photographs from up-and-coming artists, this is a stunning and sophisticated book to be treasured, shared, and paged through again and again.
Notes: Includes index.

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