Exposed is an insightful novel about friendship, family, and sexual abuse told through an original perspective. Liz is a high school student fully content with life. She has an awesome best friend, wonderful boyfriend, and a bright future pursuing her passion of photography. Everything quickly changes, however, when her brother is accused of raping her best friend.
Readers will quickly become engrossed in this emotionally wrought novel. Marcus uses vivid imagery, meaningful line breaks, and powerful language to convey intense emotions and conflict. Superb metaphors create sensory images throughout the entirety of the novel. In the poem, “Like a Bird”, Liz’s realization that everything has changed is expressed so clearly when Marcus writes “until it hits me/midair/that the person/I most want to tell/has flown away.” Young adults will find this book to be both genuine and thought provoking.
Panic
Panic makes its way up my spine
like ice water through a straw-
who else has she told?
Presentation of Poem: Read the poem orally several times to secondary students. Ask students to share any reactions or connections they have with the poem.
Lesson: Have students describe how the author is conveying the emotion of panic in the poem. Discuss the meaning of a metaphor and how they can be used to bring forth sensory images and create sensations, such as emotions, within the reader. Have students form small groups and brainstorm examples of metaphors to list on chart paper.
Extension Activity: Have students write down an emotion on a slip of paper. Place the slips of paper in a hat and allow students to randomly choose an emotion from the hat. Students will work to create a poem that expresses their emotion.
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