Sarah's Picks: It's Time for Haiku Reviews!

Hey readers! My name is Sarah, and I work in the Young Adult department at the Charleston County Public Library. Some of my favorite things are: the first day in spring when it's warmer outside than inside, my dogs, Wallace and Izzy, and (naturally) a good book.

This month, I thought I’d do a quick-and-dirty series of reviews. Inspired in part by the book There is No Long Distance Now: Very Short Stories by poet Naomi Shihab Nye (on my reading list), National Poetry Month, and the popularity of novels in verse, I am going to limit myself to the 17 syllables of haiku…Oh, and don't forget to click on any of the titles to reserve a copy of the book through our online catalog!

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

This book with pictures

Tells a deeply sad story--

Keep tissues handy.

 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Keep those tissues near--

For this sad tale you might need

The entire box.

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

A wolf-girl romance

With plenty bodice ripping

If you’re into that.

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Quirky tween classmates

And paper puppet Yoda

Dispense some wisdom.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Dystopian tale

Where teens must fight to survive.

Oh, it’s a book too?

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

I laughed! And I cried.

Green, Levithan, and Graysons:

A doffed cap to you.

Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard

Separate Peace redux:

Boarding school boys cope with death.

My fave book this year.