Waldegrave Carnegie Book Club

The Final Year
This is a poem I wrote about The Final Year We started together, When we were put in a line. Then your hand slipped, And let go of mine We used to talk, We used to text, Now you laugh about me, And leave me unread. When I met him, My life changed. He told me to write down my thoughts And my head rearranged I saw differently, I knew about music. I started poetry, And read about it in the library. When you left without me, I didn't think much at first But then you started to laugh and taunt me And you made me feel cursed. I felt replaced. As I wobbled of the rope, Then I tilted and slipped and slowly let go And started sliding off a slope. A mountain that we’d built all these years, I thought I could trust you, love you forever But you threw it all away, what we built together You think you’ve had a sleepless night? You know nothing, Waking up to screaming and crying, At 4 o’clock in the morning. My mother was cradling him in her arms As if he was as light as a feather, Shouting, ‘Dylan! Dylan! Wake up! Please stay with me forever!’ His heart was broken, torn up into pieces, He was telling me to write it down, But I had run out of ideas. Breathe, breathe, breathe A monster is towering over me Breathe, breathe, breathe Please help me, I cannot see! Breathe, breathe, breathe The shadow is swallowing me. Breathe, Breathe, Breathe ‘He’s alive! He’s alive!’ I heard my mum cry She hugged us both, I can't believe he could’ve died. Year 6 is over SATS is finished A new page turned over I’m best friends with PS There is always a light at the end of the tunnel

Penelope

King of Nothing
I really really really enjoyed this book! I specifically enjoyed how realistic and actually quite intense it was towards the end. The characters are all written so well for example I really like how you can tell Anton is not as bad as Kehinde from the start when he kind of defended Mathew when Kehinde was about to give him a hard time. The scene where Mathew and Anton are at a sleepover and their talking about his nan made me cry! It was just so wholesome and the boys unexpected friendship is such a lovely part of the book. I will definitely suggest this book to people in the future! :D

Luluah