Blue Lipstick
Concrete Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 21, 2007
A 15-year-old girl named Jessie voices typical—and not so typical—teenage concerns in this unique, hilarious collection of poems.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, visual collection gives teenage concerns the wry treatment they deserve.
- Themes
- Teenage concerns, Self-expression, Sibling relationships
- Genres
- Poetry, Growing Up, Girls & Young Women
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A 15-year-old girl named Jessie voices typical—and not so typical—teenage concerns in this unique, hilarious collection of poems. Her musings about trying out new makeup and hairstyles, playing volleyball and cello, and dealing with her annoying younger brother are never boring or predictable. Who else do you know who designs her own clothes and writes poetry to her cat? Jessie’s a girl with strong opinions, and she isn’t shy about sharing them.
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Her funny, sarcastic take on high school life is revealed through concrete poetry: words, ideas, type, and design that combine to make pictures and patterns. The poems are inventive, irreverent, irresistible, and full of surprises—just like Jessie—and the playful layout and ingenious graphics extend the wry humor.
Poems With Opinions
A sharp, visual collection gives teenage concerns the wry treatment they deserve.
Come here for
- High-school irritations filtered through Jessie’s sarcasm
- Concrete poems where design joins the joke
Expect
- Strong opinions on makeup, volleyball, cello, and family
- Playful graphics that extend each poem’s humor
Where it sits
| Girls & Young Women | 74% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up | 54% |
| Poetry | 51% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- YA Poetry
- School Stories for Teens
- Social Themes for Teens
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- Assimilation for Teens
- Friendship for Teens
- Sports Stories
- Horse Stories
- Authors
- John Grandits
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 21, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Teenage concerns · Self-expression · Sibling relationships
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Girls & Women