A01=Matt Goodfellow
Age Group_Ages 12+
Age Group_Ages 12+
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Author_Matt Goodfellow
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clippa award winner winning 2024
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Early days of big
eleven 11 twelve 12 thirteen 13 fourteen 14 fifteen 15 sixteen 16
Emotional development resilience
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Family friends inspiration inspo
Friendship divorce family separation
Fun funny read out loud aloud
Growing up coming of age
Help understand difficult issues
Key stage three four KS3 KS4
Language_English
Modern and contemporary
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Poetry collection for teens
Price_€10 to €20
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Secondary school library choice
softlaunch
Teens teenage girls boys older
Thoughtful best personal
Thoughts worries feelings
Tomorrow We Begin
Trains in the distance, man, the world rumbles by
waitin for the stars now to tear back the sky.
Every wall must rattle when this change comes crashin in
before we start let’s fall apart – tomorrow, we begin.
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A powerful new collection of contemporary poems for teenagers from Matt Goodfellow, winner of the CLiPPA 2024 and author of Let's Chase Stars Together and The Final Year.
Ideal for young people aged 11+
With poems about everything from navigating your first day of secondary school at eleven to finding your first love at sixteen, this collection explores the highs, lows and messy middles of teenage life. Told in Matt Goodfellow’s engaging and powerful style, this book takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster; from anger at your teachers to those blissful, simple days with your mates. With poems that sensitively deal with difficult issues, there is a space in Matt’s poetry for all teens to feel seen, whether poetry is their thing or not!
'Goodfellow has the knack for choosing all the right words' - The Guardian
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Product Details
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 12+
- ISBN13: 9781801993395
About Matt Goodfellow
Matt Goodfellow is one of the best children’s poets working in the UK today and is the winner of the CLiPPA 2024, the UK’s premier children’s poetry prize. He spends his time writing and touring the UK and beyond – visiting schools, libraries and festivals to deliver high-energy, inspirational poetry performances and workshops. Before embarking on his poetry career, Matt spent over 10 years as a primary school teacher. His poetry collections Bright Bursts of Colour, Caterpillar Cake (Otter-Barry Books) and Let's Chase Stars Together have all been nominated for the CLiPPA, among other awards. His first novel in verse, The Final Year, won the CLiPPA in 2024 and was published by Otter-Barry Books. Follow Matt on social media @EarlyTrain.
