Relatively Speaking (book)

Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family is a young adult book of poetry by Ralph Fletcher, with drawings by Walter Lyon Krudop. It was first published in 1999.

Relatively Speaking
AuthorRalph Fletcher
PublisherScholastic
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
ISBN978-0-531-30141-8
OCLC39498578

Summary

The youngest boy describes both his family and their life together through verse. Various scenes include how the family prepare corn on the cob, his other brothers accident, the family reunion, his seldom seen cousin and his uncle's funeral.

Style

Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family has been described as a novel-in-verse.[1]

Notes

  1. Rosenberg, Liz (2001). Roots and Flowers: Poets Write About Their Families. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR). p. 237. ISBN 0-8050-6433-8.

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