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Worlds Afire Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition

by Paul B. Janeczko


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Paul B. Janeczko is a renowned poetry anthologist who has edited more than twenty collections for young readers, including A POKE IN THE I: A COLLECTION OF CONCRETE POEMS, which was both a NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book and a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year, and SEEING THE BLUE BETWEEN: ADVICE AND INSPIRATION FOR YOUNG POETS. He is also a brilliant poet in his own right, and with WORLDS AFIRE removes his anthologist’s hat and assumes a full-fledged role as author and poet. He says, "More than anything else, I wanted to give a voice to the people whose lives were forever changed by the fire. And to give those who perished a chance to speak as well."

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  • Title Worlds Afire
  • Author Paul B. Janeczko
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA), E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-02-02
  • ISBN 9780763622350 / 0763622354
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 4.96 x 0.6 in (21.79 x 12.60 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003055337
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Excerpt

We laid nine hundred feet of hose

then another hundred and a half.

About a ton of hose.

But we all knew

we were too late.

There was no tent

just folding chairs

and bleachers blazing

like nobody's business.

Too hot to get close.

See, they dip

their chairs in paint

and hang them up to dry,

so as the years pass

they're adding another layer of paint

eager to burn.

But that's not half the problem

of the tent itself.

To keep the rain out

they coat the canvas

with paraffin mixed with gasoline,

laid on good and thick with stiff brooms.

Oh, that waterproofs it all right—

been doing it that way for years—

but what does it give you?

One huge candle

just waiting for a light.

Media reviews

"A searing account . . . that readers will not easily forget." — Karen Hesse

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