Girls do.’ Readers sense the gentle persistence of Jack’s teacher, Miss Stretchberry, behind the scenes, from the poems she reads in class and from her coaxing, to which the boy alludes, until he begins to write some poems of his own. Told exclusively through Jack’s dated entries in a school journal, the book opens with his resistance to writing verse: ‘September 13 / I don’t want to / be cause boys / don’t write poetry. Publishers Weekly described the plot in this way: “The volume itself builds like a poem. Two years later it has fallen in favor of other titles but I’m pleased to report that it’s still making a fine showing. When we last conducted this poll Creech’s classic made it all the way up to #75.
This one also makes me cry!” – Dee Sypherd
“This book does such an excellent job of blending story with poetry. #100 Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (2001)
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