A review by patchworkbunny
Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye

3.0

I'm not much of a poetry reader and this was for a challenge, so I can't really compare this to other poetry collections for young readers. I did like the idea of poems about litter, it can tell a story after all, as well as rubbish being a serious threat to the environment. I liked some of the poems, especially those focused on her litter picking walks, but others just seemed like random thoughts jotted down. And then there's the smattering of politics that felt a bit out of place.