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They also raise questions about body shaming and body sovereignty—a failed sovereignty in this case, as \"sovereignty\" itself is a communal concept. In the tradition of poets like Amy Berkowitz (\u003cem\u003eTender Points\u003c\/em\u003e) and Hannah Green (\u003cem\u003eXanax Cowboy\u003c\/em\u003e), the poems in \u003cem\u003ePitiful\u003c\/em\u003e also lay bare the way patriarchy, medical sexism, and bigotry have not only sabotaged the treatment of such conditions but often make them worse.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Part self-interrogation, part hospital diary, these heartbreakingly frank poems detail the author’s struggles with eating disorders and depression.
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This is work in dialogue with existing texts of boyhood and masculinity, in particular Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s \u003cem\u003eEmile\u003c\/em\u003e. The book’s three main sections make up a kind of fractured reader’s diary, broken up by two interludes of “divinations” – sparser erasure poems made using the changing positions of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to pick words from the transcript of an interview between self-proclaimed proponents of toxic masculinity Tucker Carlson and Andrew Tate. By processing existing texts and recasting them into a present, personal moment, \u003cem\u003eUltra Blue\u003c\/em\u003e navigates the joy, despair, vivid arcana, and routine violence of boyhood under Western patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Ultra Blue is a sequence of poems about the emotional lives of boys and the challenges of growing up within contemporary masculinity.
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The Wren
In The Wren, A.F. Moritz arranges 70 short poems in a sort of galaxy: an apparent scatter, not of stars but of poems, of feeling-thoughts.
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At once descendants and future ancestors, Procession explores the connections we have with ourselves, with friends, and within families and Nations.
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The poems feature spooky characters like the Chatterbox, the Ghost in the Mirror and Nightmare Jones himself, and are accompanied by breathtaking illustrations by Cindy Derby.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNEW HALLOWEEN CLASSIC: Nightmare Jones is a creepy, kooky, poetic companion to frightening kids' classics like \u003cem\u003eScary Stories to Tell in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIn a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. Its spooky cover and contents make it an excellent addition to Halloween-themed collections and displays.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAWARD-WINNING DUO: Shannon Bramer's most recent poetry collection for children, \u003cem\u003eRobot, Unicorn, Queen\u003c\/em\u003e (Groundwood Books; 2023), is an NCTE Notable Poetry Book and won the David Booth Children's and Youth Poetry Award in 2024. 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[Derby’s] smeary illustrations, often recalling Stephen Gammell at his most macabre, echo the gleeful darkness of [Bramer’s poems].” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“A true embrace of the spooky corners that exist both out in the world and in our own worst thoughts. ... Simultaneously grim and lovely.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eNightmare Jones\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark delight of storytelling poems that will feel like a gift to many kids who, like Bramer and Derby, are attuned to the gothic side of life.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“An eerie, yet magical world … The poems feel as if [Alvin] Schwartz teamed up with Shel Silverstein.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“For those who love the feeling of a chill down their spine, this is the collection that will deliver. It is imaginative, uncanny, thrilling, and oddly fun to read.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Children’s Book News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eNightmare Jones\u003c\/em\u003e ... will leave readers considering the many issues raised in the poems.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of jaunty and mischievously unsettling poems for middle-grade readers from award-winning poet Shannon Bramer and artist Cindy Derby.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books of the Year","PrizeName_1":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Awards","PrizeYear_0":"2025","PrizeYear_1":"2025","ProductFormDescription":"EPUB, fixed","PublicationDate":"2025-10-07","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of jaunty and mischievously unsettling poems for middle-grade readers from award-winning poet Shannon Bramer and artist Cindy Derby.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"poems","Width":"6.75","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Nightmare Jones
A collection of jaunty and mischievously unsettling poems for middle-grade readers from award-winning poet Shannon Bramer and artist Cindy Derby.
