Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye
Published by Greenwillow Books on February 11, 2020
ISBN: 0062907697
Pages: 176
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Nonfiction
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Young People’s Poet Laureate, Naomi Shihab Nye has created a set of poems about the unwanted and discarded products of our world today. Each poem reflects on a discarded item, whether it is an old sock found lying around, apiece of trash and even a pine cone that was found on a daily walk. Everything has a story, even trash and discarded items, but they also send a warning about how and why, we as a society regard trash in general.

Recommended for grades 5 and up. Would be an ideal book for teaching poetry that doesn’t fit in the normal realms of writing.

Reviewed by Kristin Taylor, Biddeford High School, Biddeford.