Words with wings
About this book
Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents divorce and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her...until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about herself and her future. This verse novel poignantly celebrates the power of writing and the inspiration a good teacher can deliver.
Subjects
- 1000blackgirlbooks
- american poetry
- confidence
- creative activities and seat work
- families
- family life
- fiction
- friendship
- girls
- imagination
- juvenile fiction
- mothers and daughters
- moving
- novels in verse
- poetry
- stories in rhyme
- teacher-student relationships
- word games
- writing