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Article: Naomi Shihab Nye: A Maze Me: Poems for Girls.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
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- The Horn Book Magazine
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- May 1, 2005
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* Naomi Shihab Nye A Maze Me: Poems for Girls; illus. by Terre Maher 118 pp. Greenwillow 3/05 ISBN 0-06-058189-1 $16.99 Library edition ISBN 0-06-058190-5 $17.89 (Middle School, High School)
At twelve, anxious about the onset of adulthood, Naomi Shihab Nye began a lifelong habit of writing in notebooks; it helped her observe things and make connections. This quiet, personal collection of more than seventy free-verse poems, aimed especially at girls between twelve and seventeen, demonstrates that she hasn't forgotten those years at all. From internal questions to careful observation of the people and the landscape around her, from secret love and loss to concerns ...