"The Simple Gift" by Elder Joseph

The Simple Gift - Into the World
When individuals enter a new stage of personal experience, they are shaped as to develop a response of growth and change. The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick is a text that explores this concept of transitions into new phases of an individual's life.
The Simple Gift is a free-verse novel targeted to young adults. The novel is divided into eleven chapters and again into ten or so poems within each chapter. Each chapter and poems are given appropriate titles relevant to its content. …