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Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty

Summary: "Christine Heppermann's powerful collection of free verse poems explore how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, their friends--as consumers, as objects, as competitors. Based on classic fairy tale characters and fairy tale tropes, the poems range from contemporary retellings to first person accounts set within the original stories. From Snow White cottage and Rapunzel's tower to health class and the prom, these poems are a moving depiction of young women, society, and our expectations. Poisoned Apples is a dark, clever, witty, beautiful, and important book for teenage girls, their sisters, their mothers, and their best friends."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062289575
ISBN: 0062289578
Physical Description: print
114 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The woods -- The never-ending story -- The wicked Queen's legacy -- Abercrombie dressing room -- Sleeping Beauty's wedding day -- Photoshopped poem -- Prince Charming -- A brief history of feminism -- Suburban legends -- The first anorexic -- A Shape Magazine fiary tale -- Retelling -- BFF -- Blow your house in -- "Mannequins make me feel like a failure"-Claudia age 13 -- If tampons were for guys -- The giant's daughter at spring formal -- The anorexic eats a salad -- A witch's disenchantment -- "Sweet nothings" -- Weight watchers -- To my sheep, whatever you are -- First semester haiku -- Vindictive punctuation -- The elves and the anorexic -- Runaway -- You go, girl -- Thumbelina's get-tiny cleanse-tested -- The little mermaid -- Health class -- ugly stepsister -- Transformation -- Boy toy villanelle -- Rapunzel -- Light as a feather, stiff as a board -- Nature lesson -- Red-handed -- Finders, keepers -- Gingerbread -- What she heard the waitress say -- Going under -- Life among the swans -- Big bad spa treatment -- Human centipede two -- Spotless -- The beast -- Bird girl -- Assassin -- View from the balcony -- Pink champagne.
Target Audience Note:	NP Lexile.