𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙩 by Sharon Creech
【詩與文學的力量，扭轉愛與恨】
某天等待校車時，Jack想拯救一隻卡在樹上的肥黑貓，不料卻被牠抓傷，從此與這隻貓結下樑子。Jack面臨的不只這些，Miss Stretchberry在詩作課上教的隱喻、頭韻和擬聲法，更是一大挑戰。不過受到詩作課啟發的Jack，把他和肥黑貓的故事寫成詩，不僅在過程中愛上了那隻貓，也學會用新的寫作技巧，透過詩句表達自我。
▉作者介紹 Sharon Creech
美國著名兒童文學作家莎朗·克里奇 (Sharon Creech) 至今已出版超過21本專為青少年與兒童而寫的作品，其譯本也於多個國家發行。莎朗·克里奇的作品多圍繞在兒童與青少年的成長經驗，主題著重於家庭、同儕、自我、情緒等多個面向。
莎朗·克里奇憑藉1995出版的Walk Two Moons《印第安人的麂皮靴》首度榮獲紐伯瑞文學金獎，其後更有The Wanderer 《流浪者》和 Ruby Holler 等多部獲獎作品。
Return to Miss Stretchberry's class with Jack, the reluctant poet, who over the course of a year encounters new and challenging things like metaphors, alliterations, onomatopoeia, and one mean fat black cat The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, introduced Jack in Love That Dog, a New York Times bestseller. Both Love That Dog and Hate That Cat are approachable, funny, warm-hearted introductions to poetry told from the point of view of a very real kid wrestling with school assignments.
These books are fast reads that will be welcomed by middle graders as they too wonder how poetry and schoolwork connect with their interests and how to uncover their true voices.
In Hate That Cat, Jack is only trying to save that fat black cat stuck in the tree by his bus stop--but the cat scratches him instead At school Miss Stretchberry begins teaching new poems, everything from William Carlos Williams to Valerie Worth to T.S. Eliot. As the year progresses, Jack gradually learns to love that cat and finds new ways to express himself.
