Brickyard Summer

by Paul B. Janeczko

In a series of poems, the speaker and his best friend meander through the summer after eighth grade, encountering for the first time in the local people of their economically depressed neighborhood enormous courage and vitality

Genres: Poetry

53 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Paul B. Janeczko is a poet and teacher and has edited more than twenty award-winning poetry anthologies for young people, including STONE BENCH IN AN EMPTY PARK, LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME, SEEING THE BLUE BETWEEN, and A POKE IN THE I, which was an American Library Association Notable Book.

Reviews

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love poems that do not rhyme. This poetry book is quite good, especially remembering the era that the poems are set in.

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sweet. Easy. Norman Rockwell brought to life.