The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

Laura Shovan's engaging, big-hearted debut is a time capsule of one class's poems during a transformative school year. Families change and new friendships form as these terrific kids grow up and move on in this whimsical novel-in-verse about finding your voice and making sure others hear it.Eighteen kids,one year of poems,one school set to close.Two yellow bulldozerscrouched outside,ready to eat the buildingin one greedy gulp.But look out, bulldozers.Ms. Hill's fifth-grade classhas plans for you.They're going to speak up and work togetherto save their school.