You Just Wait by Janet Wong

You Just Wait by Janet Wong

GOAL YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book features twelve PowerPacks that use creative activities to get tweens and teens (Grades 6-12) thinking, drawing, reading, and writing. Here's a story-in-poems about Paz, an Asian-Latina soccer star; Lucesita, her feisty movie-loving cousin; and Joe, an older brother with dreams of the NBA. Resources for readers (as well as teachers and book club leaders) include recommended book lists and websites, writing checklists, talking points and performance tips, and places to publish their own poetry.

What People Are Saying about YOU JUST WAIT

Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell have once again broken barriers with their bold, innovative approach to teaching poetry.-Margarita Engle, Young People's Poet Laureate

The perfect invitation for teens to explore text-to-self connections through poetry.-David Bowles, Pura Belpr Honor-winning author of The Smoking Mirror

Great spirit Great fun Let's write -Pat Mora, Author of Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love; Founder of D a: Children's Day, Book Day / El d a de los ni os, El d a de los libros

Every poem tells a story. Every page invites connection.-Carol Jago, Longtime English teacher and Past President of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

The book features the work of the dynamic team of Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, and 12 poets: Margarita Engle, Robyn Hood Black, Jen Bryant, Julie Larios, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, Joseph Bruchac, Avis Harley, Charles Ghigna, Virginia Euwer Wolff, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, and Charles Waters.

Vardell and Wong are the creative forces behind The Poetry Friday Anthology series and the Poetry Friday Power Book series. You can learn more about their books at PomeloBooks.com.

Books by Vardell and Wong have won numerous awards and accolades, including the ILA Notable Books for a Global Society (NBGS), NCTE Poetry Notables, Children's Poet Laureate Pick of the Month, CBC Hot Off the Press, and NSTA Recommends.

Sylvia Vardell is a professor and the author of the ALA bestseller Poetry Aloud Here, as well as The Poetry Friday Anthologies (with Janet Wong), Poetry People, Children's Literature in Action, and the nationally known blog, Poetry For Children. She is also the co-editor of the PoetryTagTime series, the first digital anthologies of poetry for young people. She also writes the Everyday Poetry column for the American Library Association's Book Links. Vardell, who has headed the NCTE Poetry Prize committee and works as a consultant for the Poetry Foundation, is a frequent speaker at conferences.