A Jetblack Sunrise: Poems About War and Conflict
No. of pages 160
Published: 2004
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This book is part of a book series called Poetry Powerhouse .
There are 160 pages in this book.
It 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 2004 by Hachette Children's Group .
Jan Mark is a prestigious children's author and has been writing children's books for over 30 years.
This book is in the following series:
A JETBLACK SUNRISE ... readily lives up to its subtitle "poems about war and conflict". With each poem carefully dated to show how, in every generation, there is courage and cruelty in near equal measure, Jan Mark has drawn widely from a rich fund of sources to bring alive the wide range of emotions about war. -- Guardian There is an art to the anthology, and Jan Mark's selection and arrangement of the material in A JETBLACK SUNRISE make it a perfect example of that art. ... Placing the more traditionally studied poems of conflict within this framework gives the book a more thoughtful and challenging aspect. ... This is a book as much about the power of words as about war. ... As far as KS3/4 is concerned this means context, contrast, themed reading and research - in other words it's real education. -- TES Thoughtfully arranged ... The organisation is excellent for schools ... A valuable text for upper primary and secondary schools, across a range of subjects: for example English, history, citizenship and PSHE. -- School Librarian This is an outstanding collection ... While there are some predictable poets and poems, many more are surprising and thought-provoking, reflecting the depth of Mark's reading and the subtlety of her approach. She is as much concerned with the causes and repercussions of political violence, both social and intellectual, as with the direct experience of the battlefield. Her arrangement is as original as her choice of poems. -- Books for Keeps
