by Sharon Creech · Scholastic · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780439569866
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«Love That Dog» is Sharon Creech's young adult novel in verse, published by Scholastic in hardcover (86 pages, in English).
Jack thinks poetry isn't for him, but his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, insists on giving him writing exercises. Little by little, writing in free verse becomes his way of expressing what he feels, and he discovers that words help him talk about what really matters to him. A story told through Jack's own poems and reflections.
First book in the «Jack» series. Winner of the Claudia Lewis Award (2002), Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (2003), and New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award (2004).
Recommended for young and teenage readers, especially for those approaching poetry in the classroom or discovering it for the first time.
Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.
