J Whit wants to escape; from his school, from his father, from everything. He just wants to focus on his poetry and his future. He befriends a new kid from Ohio and he just so happens to a poet. Together the two of them bond over poetry and decide to put on a show so they can prove to their whole town, that they are worth something and have a bright future to look forward to. Interspersed in the short young adult story is information about James Whitcomb Riley and Paul Dunbar; two famous poets from over a century ago. Their real life story is being retold with these two teenager. I love the poets, and I love what the author was trying to do but it didn't mesh together very well at all. I can't see teenagers relating to this.
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