"Brilliant!" is a book of 50 dazzling poems for children by Bernard Young. The book was first published in hard copy in 2000 and is being released as an ebook in 2013. This version is text only without any illustrations. Bernard Young is a professional writer and performer who leads writing workshops for children and adults. He has given hundreds of performances in a variety of settings (from prisons to pubs, leisure centres to libraries, as well as colleges, schools, playgrounds and supermarkets!). Bernard's poems have been broadcast on local and national radio and feature in numerous anthologies of poetry for young readers.

 

 

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2013 by Lulu. com .