Buried Alive (book)

Buried Alive: The Elements of Love  

Cover of hardcover 1st edition
Author(s) Ralph Fletcher
Publisher Atheneum
Publication date April 1996
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 46
ISBN 978-0689805936
OCLC Number 32779111
Dewey Decimal 811/.54 20
LC Classification PS3556.L523 B87 1996

Buried Alive: The Elements of Love is a young adult book of poetry by Ralph Fletcher, with photographs by Andrew Moore. It was first published in 1996.

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Summary

This book is a collection thirty six free verse poems about teenage love divided into four elements: earth, water, air and fire.[1]

Reception

Marjorie Lewis in her review for School Library Journal said that "the poetry, the inviting pages, the metaphor of the arrangement, the romantic situations and the mysterious photo-collages is, in its complexity, a step above the works of Mel Glenn and Gary Soto.[2] Joan B. Elliott and Mary M. Dupuis recommended this book for use in the classroom in their book Young Adult Literature in the Classroom.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Chance, Rosemary (November/December 1996). "Not-to-be-missed poetry for young adults". Emergency Librarian 24 (2): 59. ISSN 03158888. 
  2. ^ Lewis, Marjorie (May 1996). "Junior high up: Nonfiction". School Library Journal 42 (5): 138. ISSN 03628930. 
  3. ^ Dupuis, Mary M.; Joan Elliott (2002). Young adult literature in the classroom: reading it, teaching it, loving it. [Newark, Del.]: International Reading Association. pp. 139. ISBN 0-87207-173-1. http://books.google.com/?id=KPNotFXqXQ0C&pg=PA139&vq=buried+alive&dq=%22buried+alive%22+ralph+fletcher. 

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