Enchanted Air
The free verse novel I am currently reading is Enchanted Air, by Margarita Engle. This book is a memoir about her childhood and her struggles of being half Cuban and half American. This novel has been a quick read for me, because of how the book is written. Due to the fact there are only a few words on the page this book is an easy and quick read for me. I have not yet finished the book, but I feel really bad for Margarita, because her heart lies in Cuba with her Cuban family, but she is not allowed to visit them anymore. The United States is in a War with Cuba, and the state erupts with the Bay of Pigs invasion. She logs to be with her Cuban family, and hopes that they are safe from harm.
I loved the format of this book, I have read many books like it before in the past. My favorite series in the poem format is the Crank series written by, Ellen Hopkins. I read her entire series in about two weeks because there minimal writing on each page, so it was easy to plow through her books. I would recommend Enchanted Air for my students to read, and then once they read the book, I would have them right a memoir about themselves. The memoir would be about their life and major events that have happened since they have been born. Then I would have each of my students present theirs to the class, so their classmates and I could learn a little about them.
Poem
so much depends upon
a little blue wagon
rusting in the rain
beside the red shed
One Reply to “Enchanted Air”
I felt the same about the book, it was easy for me to read because of the way it was written. The flow of the book and the amount of text on each page contributed to this. I enjoyed reading your poem especially because of colors you chose and the fact that you included the rain.