INTERMEDIATE FICTION
(3) 4-6 This novel in verse, based on the author's own past, works both as a cohesive narrative of Russell's "writer's journey" and as snapshots of childhood memories. Standout poems include "mr. hon" and "secret wish." Russell skillfully translates her experiences from the personal to the universal: "But I do not mind / being a little duck, / always calling / 'Wait for me! Wait for me!'" Glos.

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