Other Side, The
Publication Information
Author:  Johnson, Angela	Illustrator:
Title:  Other Side, The	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Orchard	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-531-30114-1	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
Spurred by a letter from her grandmother saying that "they're pulling Shorter down," the poet returns to the people and places of her childhood in Shorter, Alabama. The poems are accessible and concise but filled with powerful feeling. Photographs from the author's collection illustrate the poems.
Teaching Ideas:
The poems make excellent read aloud prompts for exploring family history and community change. The book lends itself to several text sets; 1) loss of community with Cherry's Letting Swift River Go_; 2) on displacement and personal relocation with What You Know First and The Children of Topaz; and 3) on autobiographical poems accompanied by photographs with books by Walter Dean Myers. Teachers might want to publish a class book of the writing.
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > tolerance Family > children > childhood memories Family > family history Communities > rural Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism Communities > change Literature and Language > poetry

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