Cover of Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love

Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love

Author Pat Mora

Grades 7 & Up Ages 12 and up

Beloved children's book author and speaker Pat Mora has written an original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart’s desire: the girl who loves swimming, plunging into the water that creates her own world; the guy who leaves flowers on the windshield of the girl he likes. Each of the teens in these 50 original poems, written using a variety of poetic forms, will be recognizable to the reader as the universal emotions, ideas, impressions, and beliefs float across the pages in these gracefully told verses.

Also included are the author’s footnotes on the various types of poetic forms used throughout to help demystify poetry and showcase its accessibility, which makes this a perfect classroom tool for teachers as well as an inspiration to readers who may wish to try their own hand at writing.

Available Formats

eBook 9780375896019

Awards

Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award - NOMINEE 0

Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature - HONOR 0

Random House Children's Books Teachers and Librarians