![]() ![]() Wolf plays Jack with a realistic, respectful and contemporary tone. Walter Dean Myers, who wrote what Jack considers "the best best BEST/ poem/ ever," called "Love That Boy," a selection that has become the boy's biggest inspiration. The culmination of Jack's great year is a classroom visit from Mr. As Miss Stretchberry reads the works of great poets (Robert Frost, Valerie Worth, William Blake) to the class and encourages Jack's writing efforts, Jack discovers his unique voice-and a true talent for creative expression. ![]() "I don't want to/ because boys/ don't write poetry./ Girls do." But Jack's attitude soon changes. As school starts in September, Jack is not eager to embark on Miss Stretchberry's poetry writing assignments. Wolf's ( Party of Five) bright, boyish voice brings to life Creech's novel-in-free-verse about a student's enlightening year of course work. ![]()
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