{"product_id":"you-hear-me-isbn-9780763611590","title":"You Hear Me?","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eYou Hear Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh approach to hearing what today's youths have to say, and it's refreshing that the words come straight from them.\" — \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a powerful collection of more than seventy uncensored poems and essays, more than fifty teenage boys from across the country explore their many-layered concerns: identity, love, envy, gratitude, sex, anger, competition, fear, hope. Here, unadorned and without the filter of adult sensibility, is the raw stuff of their lives, in their own words. Isn’t it time to listen?TIME SOMEBODY TOLD ME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime Somebody Told Me\u003cbr\u003eThat I am lovely, good and real\u003cbr\u003eThat I am beautiful inside\u003cbr\u003eIf they only knew \u003cbr\u003eHow that would make me feel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime Somebody Told Me\u003cbr\u003eThat my mind is quick, sharp\u003cbr\u003eand full of wit\u003cbr\u003eThat I should keep on trying\u003cbr\u003eand never quit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime Somebody Told Me\u003cbr\u003eHow they loved and needed me\u003cbr\u003eHow my smile is filled with hope\u003cbr\u003eand my spirit sets them free\u003cbr\u003eHow my eyes shine, full of light\u003cbr\u003eHow good they feel when they hug me tight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime Somebody Told Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo, I had a talk with myself\u003cbr\u003eJust me, nobody else\u003cbr\u003e'cause it was time\u003cbr\u003eSomebody Told Me.\u003cbr\u003eQuantedius Hall, \"Son of Reality,\" age 12 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BUMMING THROUGH PITTSBURGH? MAYBE NOT.\u003cbr\u003eHey, where are you going?\u003cbr\u003eWhere will you be in five to ten years?\u003cbr\u003eIs it college, career, or do you really care\u003cbr\u003ewith your dark baggy clothing \u003cbr\u003eand whacked out hair,\u003cbr\u003eyour face, an unfinished puzzle.\u003cbr\u003eThe moon only shines for those who request it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause the moon only shines for those who request it,\u003cbr\u003eyour face is an unfinished puzzle\u003cbr\u003ewith your whacked out hair\u003cbr\u003eand dark baggy clothing.\u003cbr\u003eDo you really care? Is it college, career-\u003cbr\u003ewhere will you be in five to ten years?\u003cbr\u003eHey, where are you going?\u003cbr\u003eAntony E. W. Kirkland, age 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I need to do something,\u003cbr\u003eWrite a letter,\u003cbr\u003eLet it go somehow.\u003cbr\u003eMy heart attaches \u003cbr\u003eTo things, people.\u003cbr\u003eWhen there is collision,\u003cbr\u003eI lose myself in it,\u003cbr\u003eIn confusion.\u003cbr\u003eWhy not have two hearts?\u003cbr\u003eI don't understand love,\u003cbr\u003eBut I know it exists.\u003cbr\u003eThomas Andrade, age 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The elements are at their peak.\u003cbr\u003eClouds raging, rain falling.\u003cbr\u003eIt's the kind of day that makes you think . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does age bring, wisdom or confidence?\u003cbr\u003eWill I ever know what I need to know?\u003cbr\u003eIs there such a thing as an adult?\u003cbr\u003eWhen I get there, if I get there . . . I won't forget.\u003cbr\u003eKyle Blanchard, age 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A feeling,\u003cbr\u003enot necessarily of \"I can.\"\u003cbr\u003enot even that \"things will change.\"\u003cbr\u003ebut undeniable courage\u003cbr\u003eto see the future through.\u003cbr\u003edr, age 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou Hear Me? Copyright (c) 2000 Betsy Franco. Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301741777125,"sku":"NP9780763611590","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763611590.jpg?v=1767744755","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/you-hear-me-isbn-9780763611590","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}