Ebook: Poisoned Apples
Author: Heppermann Christine
- Tags: American poetry, Children's poetry American, Conduct of life, Fairy tales, Girls, JUVENILE NONFICTION--Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION--Poetry--General, JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Issues--General (see also headings under Family), Poetry, Self-acceptance, Self-realization, Teenage girls, NP, Juvenile works, Poetry -- Juvenile literature, Teenage girls -- Juvenile poetry, Fairy tales -- Juvenile poetry, Self-realization -- Juvenile poetry, Self-acceptance -- Juvenile poetry, Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry, T
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Language: English
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Every little girl goes through her princess phase, whether she wants to be Snow White or Cinderella, Belle or Ariel. But then we grow up. And life is not a fairy tale.
Christine Heppermann's collection of fifty poems puts the ideals of fairy tales right beside the life of the modern teenage girl. With piercing truths reminiscent of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins, this is a powerful and provocative book for every young woman. E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars, calls it "a bloody poetic attack on the beauty myth that's caustic, funny, and heartbreaking."
Cruelties come not just from wicked stepmothers, but also from ourselves. There are expectations, pressures, judgment, and criticism. Self-doubt and self-confidence. But there are also friends, and sisters, and a whole hell of a lot of power there for the taking. In fifty poems, Christine Heppermann confronts society head on. Using fairy tale characters and tropes, Poisoned Apples explores how...