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Medina, Tony

DeShawn Days

32 pp. | Lee | May, 2001 | Trade ISBN 1-58430-022-1 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Christie's powerful acrylic paintings of strong-featured African Americans against bold blocks of color illustrate this collection of free verse poems about DeShawn Williams's experiences growing up in the 'hood. The poems, about family, the neighborhood, and dreams for the future, contain occasional uneasy rhymes and are often banal or lack structural unity; a few, like "Staying Up Late," stand out.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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