{"product_id":"cast-away-poems-for-our-time-9780062907691","title":"Cast Away: Poems for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nye at her engaging, insightful best.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed poet and Young People's Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more than eighty original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving, sometimes funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"How much have you thrown away in your lifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora of leavings come from? How long does it take you, even one little you, to fill the can by your desk?\" ?Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award Finalist, Young People's Poet Laureate, and devoted trash-picker-upper Naomi Shihab Nye explores these questions and more in this original collection of poetry that features more than eighty new poems. \"I couldn't save the world, but I could pick up trash,\" she says in her introduction to this stunning volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith poems about food wrappers, lost mittens, plastic straws, refugee children, trashy talk, the environment, connection, community, responsibility to the planet, politics, immigration, time, junk mail, trash collectors, garbage trucks, all that we carry and all that we discard, this is a rich, engaging, moving, and sometimes humorous collection for readers ages twelve to adult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes ideas for writing, recycling, and reclaiming, and an index.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNye, Naomi Shihab:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHabibi: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSitti's Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book \u003cem\u003e19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50654009327890,"sku":"9780062907691","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fbc3e3e9-cd2e-4333-85c3-b0b986c1b2c2.jpg?v=1737247170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cast-away-poems-for-our-time-9780062907691","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}