Poems with Attitude Uncensored
No. of pages 96
Published: 2002
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There are 96 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 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .
Polly Peters is a former English and Drama teacher. She was previously Head of Drama at a sixth form college and currently works as a youth/community theatre leader, director and playwright. Andrew Fusek Peters is Britain's tallest poet. He travels the country visiting schools with his weird and wonderful poems, plays and digeridu and juggles a bit. Andrew lives in an old chapel in Shropshire with his wife and young daughter.
"Amusing poems and gems that make you think about real issues. - The Telegraph;...a fantastic collection of poems for the hormone-frenzied, couldn't care less teenage audience. It deserves not only their attention, but equally importantly that of their parents and teachers, too. - An Amazon reader Poems with Attitude' is bursting with the raw emotion and hormone-fuelled experimentation of youth... It is rare and welcome to find a collection that speaks so directly to teenagers. - The Guardian; If you thought poetry wasn't for you, because it has nothing to do with your life, try reading this collection! - Young Writer Buy this collection and it will be read. Read by staff and teachers to pupils and then by pupils themselves for both the pleasure and the pain the poems induce... I cannot emphasise how much every school needs this - in the library, in the classroom, for assembly, for tutorials, for PSHE, left on windowsills for pupils to pick up - everywhere! - The School Librarian; You won't agree with all of them [the poems], but they'll get you talking! - Is That a fact? (Scottish Booktrust); A nicely produced, in-your-face collection printed with a very clean typeface. - Searchmaster.com, website