Janeczko, P. B. (2004). Worlds afire. Candlewick.
Annotation
In Paul B. Janeczko’s verse novel World’s Afire, many of the victims, survivors and witnesses’ stories of the tragic 1944 circus fire that killed 197 people and injured 500 more are told through compelling verse.
Nomination
With each poem told in a gut-wrenching, first person style from the victims, survivors and first responders, the readers are transported to the time before, during and after this horrible tragedy through many different eyes. The verses tell the complete story, piece by piece, until the whole puzzle is complete; yet, each piece is a work of art all its own.
Broken down so simply, Janeczko’s verse novel helps young adults process a tragedy that many adults would have trouble reading about it in a newspaper without overwhelming them. Not many stories are told so completely, yet so simplistically, as the one told in Janeczko’s Worlds Afire.
Genre: Verse Novel
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