Poetry - Teens Ficton

A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Nothing short of magic." --Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa's "30 Under 30" list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an...

The things 17-year-old Erin Post wants are drastically different from the things she needs. A junior in high school, Erin wants nothing more than to be thin.In reality, she's a depressed girl with a serious eating disorder who needs to stop starving herself. When...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Nothing short of magic." --Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa's "30 Under 30" list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an...

A teenage girl travels the path to her future in this powerful coming-of-age poetry collection. These poems explore the comfort of books, awe at the night sky, playground tricks and friendships, and first love conundrums. There are worries, anxieties, and questioning thoughts--but there's also...

This personal poetry collection explores the intricacies of love and relationships, illuminating the feelings and experiences that one has along their journey of self-discovery.Author: Victoria J. KaminskyISBN-10: 197724727XISBN-13: 9781977247278Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2021Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

Curated by artist and writer Chris Riddell, Poems to Live Your Life By is a beautifully illustrated collection of poems for readers young and old to carry with them as they grow. Including favorites both old and new--from selections of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets...

Teen Instagram sensation and author of Light Filters In @poeticpoison returns with a second collection of short, powerful poems about love, forgiveness, self-discovery, and what it's like living after a hard-fought battle with depression, in the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey...

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short, powerful poems from teen Instagram sensation @poeticpoison perfectly captures the human experience. In Light Filters In, Caroline Kaufman--known as @poeticpoison--does what she does best: reflects our own experiences...

Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature * 2018 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults * 2018 Rainbow Book List * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017"Well-paced, brimming with drama, and utterly vital."--Kirkus (starred review)This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story...

Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021 Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the...

What happens when a biracial teenage boy starts to question what is going on in his world? Life can be wonderful, right? But why does everything seem to be somewhat wacky and out-of-place? This book "A Wacky, Rocky World: Just a Teeny Little Voice"...

A boy selkie who takes girlness off like a sealskin, an untameable kelpie, the warrior-wife of a princess, and a Loch Ness monster who is too busy having fun to worry about words like "girl" or "boy". This is the way the world is...

A collection of cute drawings and inspirational poetry about growing up, defining success, and falling in love: A Daydream a Day is a book with fifty black-and-white, cartoon-style drawings that will fully immerse readers in the daydreams of a young adult trying to make...

The stars hang in solitude amidst the black of the night sky. For centuries we've mapped and charted their patterns, using this array of heavenly bodies as a way to connect with each other. What you hold in your hands is a celebration of...

Experience the classic Robert Service poem like never before. Published originally in the critically acclaimed "Songs of a Sourdough", this timeless work is given new life through the vibrant illustrations of born and raised Alaskan artist and author Kaelan Paulson.Author: Kaelan Paulson, Robert ServiceISBN-10:...

Heartfelt poems and engaging stories for and about children by one of the greatest writers of Indian literature.In The Crescent Moon, Rabindranath Tagore brings alive the world of a child--in some poems he describes the simple joys of children at play, while in others,...

In 9 stories and 15 poems, Sharon G. Flake provides insight into the minds of a diverse group adolescent African American males. here's Tow-Kaye, getting married at age 16 to love of his life, who's pregnant. He knows it's the right thing to do,...

A #1 new release in "Teen and Young Adult Poetry", and, "Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Peer Pressure".All proceeds earned on this book will be donated to support foundations that help with anti-bullying, anti-sexual assault, and suicide prevention.A haunting, shocking novel told in...

This book is a Christian poetry book written from life experiences. The poems are meant to encourage the readers to follow their faith and stay strong in their weakest moments. Even through sadness their is light at the end of the tunnel. These poems...

First published in 1885, Stevenson's verses so truly reflect the feelings of young children--about being small, the bliss of going up in a swing so high, discovering one's shadow, happiness and sorrow and dreaming--that they have never ceased to be an essential part of...

In a variety of voices, Truax tells the never-before-told story of the first two elephants to come to America and their enslaved keeper, William.In the autumn of 1795 on board a ship from Salem, Massachusetts an enslaved boy named William finds himself tasked with...

Bobo The Gazelle is an epic poem about a gazelle born into the wild a runt with all odds against him. He becomes separated from his herd and must go on a journey to discover himself while also enduring through daily hardships of trying...

Immigrant and refugee students attending Foster High School in Tukwila, WA, one of the most ethnically and language-diverse high schools in the US, share visual poems and self-portraits in this moving anthology. Through extensive workshops with teaching artists, students find their voice and use...

This charming volume brings back into print some of the finest illustrated children's books from the Arts and Crafts Movement: Kate Greenaway's much-loved alphabet book, A Apple Pie, along with a selection of her illustrated nursery rhymes.Greenaway's drawings conjure up a never-never land of...

"A Book of Americans" is a collection of poems concerning important figures in early American history, written by Stephen Vincent Ben騁. This volume is highly recommended by poetry lovers with an interest in American history, and it is not to be missed by collectors...

Innovative book of poetry packed with rhythm, humor, descriptive passages of nature as well as beautifully detailed illustrations to appeal to both children and adults about the relationships between animal characters who through their experiences develop an understanding of each other.Hop with a bunny...

A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our...

Like the surge of tidal flood waters that come right before a hurricane, angry feelings about the Steven Gilleys of the world began to rise inside me, and that's when it happened. The sound of an angry voice, the universal voice of the sixth-grade...

A guy whose father ripped his heart out too.You and me, Ishmael, we're brothers, two dark sons. Destroyed, lost, and isolated, the perspectives of two teenage boys--modern-day Sam, and biblical Ishmael--unite over millennia to illustrate the power of forgiveness."Grimes's commanding metaphors ("Look at you,...

A pocket sized illustrated poetry book based on the life of Rozz Williams, a pioneer of Deathrock. Rozz Williams was born Roger Alan Painter in Glendora, California on November 6, 1963. He took his name from a gravestone in a Pomona cemetery. His first...

No other form of art can capture the range and diversity of human experience the way a poem can. Within these pages, you will find poems about an itch, an afternoon of play, the joys of surfing the Internet, the fear of an injection,...

"I have always from my earliest youth had an awe and love of Homer which even now makes the words falter on my lips, for he seems to be the great captain and teacher of the whole of that noble tragic company..." -Plato"All that...

"Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle," ( 2 Thessalonians 2:15). Throughout history, in every story, each hero has a quest and that quest begins with a want for better or just...

"[O]ur ancestors found in the Aeneid a purpose, a pathos, and a profundity that moved them. It was Virgil-not in opposition to but alongside the Bible-who taught Christian Europe the shape of history, the cost of empire, the primacy of duty, the transience of...

Mary Rudine, called Mister by almost everyone, has attended church and sung in the choir for as long as she can remember. But then she meets Trey. His long lashes and smooth words make her question everything, and one mistake leaves her hiding a...

My Reflection was never who I wanted to be, My Reflection was my biggest bully;My Reflection made it impossible to see, the better side of me.What does your reflection show? Do you even know? "My Reflection" is a story reflecting our deepest regrets, our...

Jess didn't live in a houseor a shed or a cardboard box. Jess didn't know people lived in houses and sheds and cardboard boxes. Jess lived on a boat and thought everyone else did too.The Boy Who Found Land is a collection of lyrical...

The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children is a treasury of great poems chosen for the sheer pleasure they offer to readers of all ages. Compiler Gillian Avery's aim was to avoid condescending to children and "to assemble a collection of poems that the...

An award-winning anthology of paired poems by men and women. In this insightful anthology, the editors grouped almost 200 poems into pairs to demonstrate the different ways in which male and female poets see the same topics. How women see men, how boys see...

Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath's writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill's interpretation of Plath's life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath's life told via the voice...

"Spring has arrived, prompting folks from all stations of medieval life to pilgrimage together to the shrine of Thomas Becket. Because long trips tend to be rather dull, the travelers begin a storytelling competition featuring roosters, murders, bewitched hags, banished wives in barrels, plenty...

In the late 1970's and the early 1980's, we (Judy, Jen, Josh, and I) were enamored with the words of A.A. Milne, especially the collection of nursery rhymes entitled "Now We Are Six." On many a night, these were the last words Jen and...

Crescendo of Chaos is a poetry compendium about what it means to be human. It's about the noise and longing of growing up, falling in love, and realizing life doesn't always go your way. It's about feeling lost and learning how to navigate. It's...

THIS LISTING IS FOR THE COLOR EDITION OF FACES TO THE SUNFaces to the Sun is an anthology project devised and spearheaded by SJ Blasko. It aims to chip away at the stigma surrounding the subjects of mental health and mental illness by bringing...

Teenage life is comprised of a myriad of feelings and emotions, some of which include finding and seeking love, finding a place of happiness and joy, seeking acceptance from the world, experiencing heartbreak, feelings of betrayal, loss and confusion, familial breakdowns, feelings of defeat,...

Experience the classic Robert Service poem like never before. Published originally in 1907 in the critically acclaimed "Songs of a Sourdough", this timeless work is given new life through the vibrant illustrations of born and raised Alaskan artist and author Kaelan Paulson.Author: Kaelan Paulson,...

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best friend. Perfect for readers of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nikki Grimes. Mahogany L. Browne's debut YA ia an absolute masterpiece. It will leave you breathless. -Elizabeth Acevedo, New...

Dark Letter Days by Lorin Morgan-Richards reveals 23 woeful poems and spoken word with illustration about life, death and what lies beyond the unknown. Dark Letter Days derives from the ancient pastime of marking the calendar, as red letter days in times of happiness,...

First published in 1878, this collection of comic poems and traditional rhymes for very young children is outstanding for its delightful watercolor illustrations by the great children's book illustrator Randolph Caldecott.Author: Randolph CaldecottISBN-10: 0679444769ISBN-13: 9780679444763Publisher: Everyman's LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/1995Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 8.32h x...