2 more Printz books down

I picked up Freewill expecting, I don’t know what… TW read it last week and said she didn’t understand a word. Well. Yea. Weird book. I cannot imagine a teen reading this book and really enjoying it. Pretty disappointed Printz Award nominee, I think. It feels like a book we should all like and one that kids should all like – but we don’t, and they won’t.

Then, because I didn’t know what I was supposed to be reading next, I grabbed Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by 20th Century Art. Quick and easy to read and finish – and it was. I didn’t really expect much from it. It looks like a little kids’ book but it wasn’t. The poetry was interesting and the art was fantastic. And that’s what this is about – poets choosing a work of art and writing poetry inspired by the art. Good stuff.

So – one Printz not so good, another very good and two more scratched off the list. It was a good night for challenges.