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Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye

If you pick up this book, be prepared to talk trash—only in the most thoughtful, relevant, and entertaining ways possible. The Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate, Naomi Shihab Nye explores the things we discard, propelling us to not only to be more conscientious about it, but also to think about it in a whole new way. This collection is calling all young environmentalist to pick up this book, and perhaps some trash!

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