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Critical Praise for
Time You Let Me In
Praise for Honeybee: “Honeybee flows from the pen of a master, who has once again created a gem of a collection.”
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School Library Journal (starred review)
“Nye’s work opens readers’ eyes to new worlds and experiences and does it with thoughtful simplicity.”
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Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Praise for 19 Varieties of Gazelle: “This is the kind of book that young and older readers of poetry will turn back to over and over.”
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School Library Journal (starred review)
“Clear and haunting.”
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Horn Book (starred review)
Praise for What Have You Lost?: “Lost memories, lost relationships, regret—each poem pierces and then releases readers, who pocket a new treasure at the end of each page.”
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School Library Journal (starred review)
“Alternately raw, poignant, quiet, and loud…Readers will have no trouble finding little pieces of themselves in this beautifully orchestrated collection.”
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School Library Journal (starred review)
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I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?
"I am a poet," I said. "It is my destiny to do strange things." My father gripped the wheel of his car. "I am the chauffeur for foolishness." We said no more. Foolhardy missions. Life-altering conversations. Gifts—given and received. Loss. Getting lost. Wisdom delivered before dawn and deep into...
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Going Going
Florrie's favorite coffee shop, with its open mike night, dreamy candles, and cute waiters ... Going? The mysterious little hut selling fresh lemon ice on the west side of town ... Going? The boutique featuring clothes you don't find at the mall, allowing you to look like ... an interesting person...
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A Maze Me
Life is a tangle of twisting paths. Some short. Some long. There are dead ends. And there are choices. And wrong turns, and detours, and yield signs, and instruction booklets, and star maps, and happiness, and loneliness. And friends. And sisters. And love. And poetry. Life is a maze. You are a...
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