Library's review
In 68 stunning poems, Newman pays tribute to Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old university student, who was violently killed in 1998. Her poems explore the crime from a range of viewpoints. Author’s Note, Source Notes, Explanation of Poetic Forms.
Genres
Publication
Candlewick (2012), Edition: 33360th, 128 pages
Description
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — 2013)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2014)
Stonewall Book Award (Honor Book — Children's and Young Adult Literature — 2013)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2017)
Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Read (Longlist) — 2013)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — 2013)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2013)
CCBC Choices (2013)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (High School — 2013-2015)
Nerdy Book Award (2012)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2012)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2013)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
128
Physical description
128 p.; 9.38 inches
ISBN
0763658073 / 9780763658076
DDC/MDS
| 811.54 |