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    <![CDATA[Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[When popular Tower High English teacher Mr. Chippendale is fatally shot, everyone's a suspect. The killer could be anyone; one of his students, a colleague, or even an ex-flame. Told in a series of interlocking poems, this suspenseful story will keep readers guessing who the killer is right up until the last page.  &quot;More than a whodunit, this unique offering explores a multitude of issues in its pages. <em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review ]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[Did the subtitle jar you a bit? &quot;A Hostage Drama in Poems.&quot; Poems?! It works remarkably well. Mel Glenn takes a difficult subject--a berserk teacher holding his students hostage--and lets the drama play out in this unusual format. The poems--five from each student, one for each year of high school, and the last composed on the day of the crisis--reveal the thoughts, dreams, and fears of contemporary teens in an urban classroom. A bit like rap in visual form, the poems cut deep, build in suspense. The honesty expressed will capture the interest of even the most reluctant readers.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Split Image]]>
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    <![CDATA[Laura Li seems perfect in every way--beautiful, kind, smart. At her job in the school library she is smiling and helpful to everyone, and at home she cares for her ailing brother like a dutiful Asian daughter. But after midnight a very different Laura Li secretly sneaks out to wild dance clubs--desperate to escape from the pressures exerted by her cold, demanding mother and her absent father. Her teachers and the other kids reveal themselves in these short poems as they wonder about Laura, and two boys even write her love poetry, but a few people are beginning to suspect she may be on a collision course with herself. &quot;It is time, perhaps,&quot; Laura thinks bitterly, &quot;to dance without stopping at the bar of heaven's gate.&quot;<p>  Mel Glenn adds another tale from Tower High to his growing list of verse novels: <em>Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?</em>, <em>Jump Ball</em>, <em>The Taking of Room 114</em>, and <em>Foreign Exchange</em>. A veteran high-school English teacher, Glenn draws on his own experiences with thousands of students to produce these collections of short poems told in many different multiracial and multiethnic voices. With just a few lines of verse, he is able to create unique characters whose lives extend beyond the page, characters in which teens will recognize themselves and their friends. (Age 11 and older) <em>--Patty Campbell</em></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[A collection of poems captures the spirit, drive, love, and   devotion of the players, teachers, fans, friends, and families who   perform a key role in a high-school basketball team during a season of   play.&quot;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[In the latest book by award winning poet Mel Glenn, a riveting mystery unfolds through a series of poems.When students from big-city Tower High School spend a weekend in rural Hudson Landing with the students of the local high school, an African-American boy from the city is accused of murdering a local white girl.  Young adults will eagerly read the poems to try to piece together clues and discover the killer's identity.  <p>The author weaves a compelling story as he explores racial prejudice and city/country stereotypes while creating insightful portraits of teenagers.   <p>2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)</p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Back to Class: Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[An illustrated collection of sixty-five poems describing the feelings, insights, and aspirations of a variety of high school students and their teachers.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Class Dismissed II: More High School Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[Another seventy poems about the emotional lives of contemporary high school students.]]>
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    <![CDATA[PLAY BY PLAY]]>
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    <![CDATA[Class Dismissed! High School Poems by Mel Glenn]]>
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    <![CDATA[Seventy poems about the emotional lives of contemporary high school students.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Who Killed Mr Chippendale? a Mystery in Poems]]>
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