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Shovan, Laura

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

247 pp. | Random/Lamb | April, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-553-52137-5 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-553-52138-2 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-52139-9
(2) 4-6 Eighteen students will be in Ms. Hill's last fifth-grade class, before bulldozers destroy Emerson Elementary to make room for a grocery store. The kids in her racially diverse classroom voice their opinions about their beloved school's closing through poems in a range of styles. The poems are easy to read, in authentic-sounding language capturing the poets' personalities. A helpful guide to poetic forms is appended.
Reviewer: Sarah Berman | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2016

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