Partly cloudy : poems of love and longing
(2009)
By:
Soto, Gary
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
TEEN/811.54/SOTO,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston : Harcourt, 2009
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
100 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780152063016 (hardcover), 0152063013 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Poet Gary Soto captures the voices of young people as they venture toward their first kiss, brood over bruised hearts, and feel the thrill of first love
A Junior Library Guild selection
CONTENTS
A girl's tears, her songs: On the side of a bike path --
Not yet --
Composition --
Burrs & thistles --
Facts of life --
I saw what you did --
Rough hands --
Stars --
Natural talent --
Obsession --
Don't you see --
Signs --
Strategy --
Exaggeration --
Meaning what? --
Consequence --
Full price --
Jealousy --
Black books --
Barriers --
Testing you --
Big chill --
First kiss --
Anonymous tug --
Paper boat --
Fake love --
Invisible girl --
Neighborhood --
Horses --
Playing football --
Lazy Cupid
For the love of dogs --
Little puppy --
Pears --
Bossy girl --
When I lost you --
Time with you --
Sparks --
Home alone, and liking it --
A boy's body, his words: Mirror --
Second button --
Open house --
Vegan for your love --
A long weekend without you --
So much alike --
Fall dance --
Country music --
Beautiful trouble --
Busted --
Tree bark --
Simple me --
A certain weakness --
Koi at the museum pond --
Birds and the bees --
Boy artist --
Rumors --
Faces --
Rationale --
A lesson for us --
Eternal love --
Danger --
Time --
Pomegranate as my heart --
Driftwood --
Getting to know you --
Imagination --
A view of heaven --
Forest of boulders --
Leaving the bookstore --
Love medicine --
Spreading love --
Mystery --
Hard work --
Iowa evening --
Playing our parts --
Out in nature --
An act of kindness