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Vendor: Jason Reynolds
For Every One
"A lyrical masterpiece." --School Library Journal (starred review) Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author...- $7.99
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And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems
*"A powerful, necessary book." SLJ, starred review A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout. In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin's debut...- $19.99
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Vendor: Eric Gansworth
Apple: (Skin to the Core)
Winner of the American Indian Youth Literature AwardPrintz Honor WinnerNational Book Award LonglistTIME 10 Best YA and Children's Books of the YearNPR Best of the YearShelf Awareness Best of the YearPublishers Weekly Big Indie Books of FallAmazon Best Book of the MonthAICL Best YA...- $18.99
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Vendor: Marilyn Nelson
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life
This powerful biography in poems tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance. A Claudia Lewis Award Winner for Poetry by the Bank Street College of Education A Black Caucus ALA Children & Young Adult Award Winner...- $18.99
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Vendor: Rex Ogle
Abuela, Don't Forget Me
In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him...- $18.95
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Vendor: Free Minds Writers
When You Hear Me (You Hear Us): Voices On Youth Incarceration
This anthology of poetry and personal stories centers the voices of those directly impacted by the incarceration of young people in the United States. Compiled by Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, this rich collection includes over 100 firsthand accounts from both the...- $19.99
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Vendor: Jason Reynolds
For Every One
"A lyrical masterpiece." --School Library Journal (starred review) Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author...- $15.99
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Vendor: Liz Rosenberg
I Just Hope It's Lethal: Poems of Sadness, Madness, and Joy
The teenage years are a time filled with sadness, madness, joy, and all the messy stuff in between. Sometimes it feels that every day brings a new struggle, a new concern, a new reason to stay in bed with the shades drawn. But between...- $13.95
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Vendor: Joe Davis
We Rise Higher: Poems and Prayers for Graduates
A perfect gift for Christian teens in recognition of their high school graduation! We Rise Higher: Poems and Prayers for Graduates supports youth as they celebrate, commemorate, and reflect on graduating high school and moving on to the next phase of life. Poet, artist,...- $9.99
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Vendor: Nikki Grimes
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
In her own voice, acclaimed author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse. Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized...- $12.99
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Vendor: Annie Thoms
With Their Eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero
Commemorating twenty years, this deeply moving play, written by high school students who witnessed the tragedy unfold, remembers September 11, 2001. This edition features new cover art, an updated introduction from Annie Thoms, and a new foreword from New York Times bestselling author David...- $9.99
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Vendor: Laurie Halse Anderson
Shout: A Poetry Memoir
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson! Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for,...- $11.99
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Vendor: Cynthia Rylant
Boris
Boris is a big gray cat who loves sleeping and playing and exploring and hunting. And his owner loves him for all of his simple cat ways. But Boris, typical as he may be, is part of a much larger story in this moving...- $7.95
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Vendor: Rachael Lord
Fragile Hearts Club
Rachael Lord's debut poetry collection Fragile Hearts Club is about her own journey through love, loss, trauma, self-discovery, fairytales, and much more. Inherently it is about the human experience and the idea that you are never alone in your own story. We are all...- $14.99
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Vendor: Laurie Halse Anderson
Shout
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson! Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for,...- $19.99
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Vendor: Sophia Thakur
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page. Be with yourself for a moment.Be yourself for a moment.Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment. From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of...- $7.99
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Vendor: Leslea Newman
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard's murder on the world. On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a...- $9.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
"I find it so easy to forget / that I'm just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts." Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor....- $7.99
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Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado--half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado...- $11.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air
In this powerful companion to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Newbery Honor-winning author Margarita Engle recounts her teenage years during the turbulent 1960s. Margarita Engle's childhood straddled two worlds: the lush, welcoming island of Cuba and the lonely, dream-soaked reality of Los Angeles. But...- $10.99
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The Story of My Heart: Pongo Poetry from Child Study and Treatment Center
The Story of My Heart anthologizes 10 years of Pongo-facilitated poetry written with youth residents at Child Study & Treatment Center (CSTC). CSTC is Washington State's largest psychiatric hospital for teens and children. Pongo Poetry Project engages youth in writing poetry to inspire healing...- $30.00
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Vendor: Roger McGough
100 Best Christmas Poems for Children
'If poems were gifts, and in many ways they are, children will find plenty to absorb and amuse them in this bulging stocking of an anthology.'Roger McGough From traditional verses by Christina Rossetti and William Blake to modern classics by Julia Donaldson and Benjamin...- $13.99
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Vendor: Dj Corchin
Band Nerds Awards: Nominations from the 13th Chair Trombone Player
Move over, Pulitzer Get out of the way, Nobel Prize The most prestigious award of the century is calling. Don't miss another laugh-out-loud installment in the 13th Chair series by DJ Corchin The Marching Band Nerd Awards are not your typical awards. But do...- $12.99
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Band Nerds Confessions: Quotes from the 13th Chair Trombone Player
A hilariously brilliant compilation of all things related to band-nerd utopia will have you at cello This sharp installment of the 13th Chair series from DJ Corchin is laugh-out-loud funny Socrates. Plato. Aristotle. Mere child's play Band Nerds Confessions is the newest addition to...- $12.99
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Vendor: Bill Aguado
Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from Writerscorps
Today my name is colorful.Yesterday my name was dead souls. Tomorrow my name will be lively spirits. My friends think my name is fire. The police think my name is burden. My parents think my name is symphony. Secretly I know my name is...- $8.99
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The Marching Band Nerds Handbook: Rules from the 13th Chair Trombone Player
The perfect gift for band nerds past and present, The Marching Band Nerds Handbook deftly captures all the humor and inside jokes band nerds love. Hold on to your shirts and plumes!This hilarious and inspiring guide to surviving life in the marching band is...- $12.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world's two largest oceans and signaled America's emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood--and creating a miracle is no...- $10.99
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Vendor: Liam Zevoughn
& Songs From a Schizophrenic Liam Zevoughn
Hello, my name is Liam. At 13 I suffered immensely & I am so grateful to still be alive after this event. I was truly inspired by 2Pac Shakur, this is why I started writing at 13. At 19 I suffered a psychotic episode....- $17.99
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Vendor: Naomi Shihab Nye
What Have You Lost?
What have you lost? A friend? A brother? A wallet? A memory? A meaning? A year?Each NightImages, dream news, fragments, flashthen fade.These darkened walls.Here, I say.Climb intothis story.Be remembered Jay Bremyer 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field...- $10.99
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Vendor: Jonathon McClellan
Messages of Hope
Messages of Hope is a devotional book of prose poetry and short stories. Within these pages are conversations crystalized between a broken man and his Creator. They were the honest conversations that Jonathon started having with God around the times he was homeless -...- $18.50
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Vendor: Free Minds Writers
They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds
They Called Me 299-359 is an anthology of poetry and essays written, edited, and compiled by incarcerated youth who are Free Minds Book Club members, held both at the DC Jail and in adult federal facilities across the country. Through moving personal testimony, these...- $14.99
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Vendor: Brianna Laren
Pretty Pretty Black Girl
Pretty Pretty Black Girl strings affirmations together into a free verse poem that speaks directly to the souls of black girls and women. Inspired by our journey of self-acceptance and the obstacles we must overcome..the amazing artwork of three black artists embodies the spirit...- $16.99
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Vendor: Kaya
The Sun Shines Once Again I: Poetry and Prose
You've just come across the journal and sticky thoughts of someone going through love, heartbreak and a journey to self-healing. The Sun Shines Once Again I is book one of a 5-chapter poetry and prose series of books that takes you on a journey...- $7.99
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Vendor: Naomi Shihab Nye
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain;...- $8.99
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Vendor: Carol Dommermuth-Costa
Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry
When Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1886, she left a locked chest with hand-sewn notebooks and papers filled with nearly 1,800 unpublished poems. Four years later, her first collection was published and became a singular success. Today Dickinson is...- $37.32
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Chaotic and Critically Damaged
Chaotic and Critically Damaged is collection of poetry and prose by K. L. Champitto. This collection delves into how mental illness, assault, love, and loss shape a person and their mind. The collection is split into 4 chapters, each one highlighting a different experience...- $12.99
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Vendor: Dj Corchin
Band Nerds: Poetry from the 13th Chair Trombone Player
The perfect gift for a current band members and band directors, and a hilarious look back for band alumni, Band Nerds: Poetry is a delightfully geeky instant classic to share with all the music lovers in your life!Music's among us, wherever you look, there's...- $12.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
"Perfect for history buffs, dance enthusiasts, poets, and just about anyone looking for a great story." --School Library Journal (starred review) From the Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. Thousands of...- $11.99
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Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
From the Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. Thousands of young Navy sailors are pouring into Los Angeles on their way to the front lines of World War II. They are...- $17.99
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Vendor: Liam Zevoughn
& Songs From a Schizophrenic Liam Zevoughn
Hello, my name is Liam. At 13 I suffered immensely & I am so grateful to still be alive after this event. I was truly inspired by 2Pac Shakur, this is why I started writing at 13. At 19 I suffered a psychotic episode....- $27.99
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Vendor: Katrina Engel
The Wallowing Hour
The wallowing hour is a soulful, artistic collection of poetry that touches on the loneliest as well as the most romanticized parts of life. It lets you in on a sneak peak of the author's deepest, darkest thoughts as well as the dreams she...- $12.99
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Vendor: Jonathon McClellan
Messages of Hope
Messages of Hope is a devotional book of prose poetry and short stories. Within these pages are conversations crystalized between a broken man and his Creator. They were the honest conversations that Jonathon started having with God around the times he was homeless -...- $26.00
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Vendor: Eric Gansworth
Apple: (Skin to the Core)
National Book Award LonglistTIME's 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2020NPR's Best Book of 2020Shelf Awareness's Best Books of 2020Publishers Weekly's Big Indie Books of FallAmazon's Best Book of the MonthAICL Best YA Books of 2020CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Books of 2020 PRAISE...- $24.99
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Vendor: Alora Young
Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse
An "extraordinary" (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history. "A masterpiece that...- $18.00
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Vendor: Laurie Halse Anderson
Shout
A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her...- $24.99
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Vendor: Katrina Engel
The Wallowing Hour
The wallowing hour is a soulful, artistic collection of poetry that touches on the loneliest as well as the most romanticized parts of life. It lets you in on a sneak peak of the author's deepest, darkest thoughts as well as the dreams she...- $23.99
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Vendor: Anna
Sijo Shijo Goshijo: The Beloved Classics of Korean Poetry on Timeless Reflections and Everything Wise (1500s-1800s)
A treasure-trove it is, This poetry called sijo.It's full of words of wisdomWritten down ages ago.Here is a question for you. Are sijos (or "goshijos"--the classical poetry from long ago Korea) worth the read? As you can surmise, they are terribly old. As some...- $19.99
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Vendor: Christine Heppermann
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty
Every little girl goes through her princess phase, whether she wants to be Snow White or Cinderella, Belle or Ariel. But then we grow up. And life is not a fairy tale.Christine Heppermann's collection of fifty poems puts the ideals of fairy tales right...- $18.99
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Vendor: Uma Menon
Hands for Language
In this versatile collection, a fifteen-year-old American girl of color takes us on a surprising journey as she explores the currently urgent issues of transnationalism, migration, language, family, and culture. Beautiful and inspiring, these remarkably mature and thoughtful poems trace the author's own path...- $19.95
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Vendor: Junriel Fortuito
Hiddled
'Hiddled' is a collection of 100 poems organized around a single theme: love. The title in itself evokes variety of emotions. When we are hiddled, putting our unheard sentiments into words to somehow fill the void in our hearts is our last resort. We...- $10.00
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