My rating: 5 of 5 stars
There are five poems that were provided by the publisher for the reading copy of this anthology, which was compiled and edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins. The illustrations drawn by Bob Hansman and Jovan Hansman are captivating and strikingly represents the poems' message.
The titles of the poems included in the file are Voyage by Paul B. Janeczko; Hunger Ship: 1847 by Georgia Heard; Mediterranean Blue by Naomi Shihab Nye; Men of Waves and Sea by G. Neri; and Seas Seas by Lee Bennett Hopkins.
The poems in the sample copy tackle various issues from different centuries; such as Columbus' Voyage for the fifteenth century, and the Irish potato famine during the nineteenth century. There are poems that addressed present-day matters like the Mediterranean refugee crisis in 2014, and the migration of some Sama Bajau from the Philippines to Malaysia in 2015.
These poems are not only fascinating, but it is informative and an eye-opener on what happened in the past as well as the current happenings. I consider the most remarkable poems in the sample copy are the Mediterranean Blue and Men of Waves and Sea, especially the latter.
