In this jaunty and intimate collection, Kevin Young invents a language as shimmying and comic, as low-down and high-hearted, as the music from which he draws inspiration. With titles such as " Stride Piano, " " Gutbucket, " and " Can-Can, " these poems have the sharp completeness of vocalized songs
Jelly Roll
โ Scribed by Mere Joyce
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Series
- Orca currents
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Victoria, British Columbia
- ISBN
- 1459826310
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
At school, Jenny Royce is bullied by Grade A Jerk Austin Parks. When Jenny and Austin end up at a March Break leadership camp together, Jenny thinks her week will be miserable. Especially once she and Austin are grouped together for the camp's main assignment. They have to run a stall at a local farmer's market. The market could be a lot of fun. But when Jenny learns that Austin wants their group's project to fail, she has to decide if she can risk standing up to him.
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โฆ Subjects
Courage -- Juvenile fiction
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