Half-Caste and Other Poems

Zusatztext Normally poetry is not our thing! but we took the time to really read many of the poems in this book. ('For the Record')... had only 27 words but rhymed well! was amusing and has stuck in our brains. Informationen zum Autor John Agard was born in Guyana and emigrated to Britain in 1977. He has worked as an actor and a performer with a jazz group and spent several years with the Commonwealth Institute, travelling all over Britain giving talks, performances and workshops. He has visited literally thousands of schools. His poem 'Half-caste' is on the AQA English GCSE syllabus, and every year he tours the country performing with other top poets for GCSE students. He lives in Sussex and is married to Grace Nichols, herself a respected Caribbean poet. Klappentext One of the UK's top performance poets explores issues of race and identity with a mixture of new poems and old favourites for teenagers. One of the the UK's top performance poets explores issues of race and identity in this classic collection. Zusammenfassung One of the the UK's top performance poets explores issues of race and identity in this classic collection.

Product details

• Authors: John Agard
• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 15
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.09.2005
• EAN: 9780340893890
• ISBN: 978-0-340-89389-0
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 199 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, Interest age: from c 14 years, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, For secondary education, For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & Gcse