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Vendor: Louis Markos
Worldview Guide for The Iliad
"All that man has thought or said about the glory and horror of the battlefield, the internal struggle of the soldier, and the inescapable nature of our mortality is contained within the pages of Homer's epic. It is here that western literature, here that...- $6.99
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Vendor: Kaylaa' White
All The Things I Never Said
Growing up never gets easier, but try growing up in the generation raised on the internet. Your world is personally evolving as you mature, and you have front-row tickets to watch the world get shaken around. In-between beauty standards, trends, culture shocks, and so...- $16.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
In this quietly powerful novel in verse, which is young adult historical fiction based on a true story, award-winning poet Margarita Engle paints a portrait of early women's rights pioneer Fredrika Bremer and the journey to Cuba that transformed her life. When Fredrika Bremer...- $11.99
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Vendor: Jeannine Atkins
Borrowed Names
As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to...- $29.99
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Vendor: Naomi Shihab Nye
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls
A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "A lovely, rich collection that promises to be a lasting companion for young writers."--School Library Journal (starred review)First love, friendship, school, family,...- $10.99
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Vendor: Karen Finneyfrock
Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls
A collection of fierce, empowering poems by living, self-identified women writers intended for girls age 12-21. Full of advice, critique, reflection, commiseration, humor, sorrow and rage, this anthology includes poems by some of the most exciting female poets writing and performing today. Courage; Daring...- $24.99
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Vendor: Gwen Frost
Somewhere Between the Stem & the Fruit
Poetry. Women's Studies. Young Adult. Somewhere between the stem and the fruit is that paradoxical nexus, the point that is both connection and separation, from where you came, to what you are becoming, the scene of the severing, the letting go, the stepping away,...- $21.50
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Vendor: A. K. Bomgardner
diet coke and crushed ice
Poetry is a way for many people to express themselves, and it is mine as well. This book is a collection of poems that I have written over the past couple of years. These poems cover the themes of loss, grief, humor, love, mental...- $24.98
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Vendor: Paulette Whitehurst
A Child is a Poem You Learn by Heart: A Memoir in Verse: A Memoir in Verse: A Memoir in Verse
South Carolina, 1940s. A farmer's daughter marries her father's hired hand and the two of them have Paulette, a child who will grow up on her own in the 1950s and 60s. In an era when divorce was rare, Paulette's mother, was married three...- $29.99
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Vendor: Juan Felipe Herrera
Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish
From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, one of the most prominent Chicano poets writing today, here are poems like sweet musicAwarded the Pura Belpré Honor for this book, Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the...- $8.99
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Vendor: Lila Dooley
Each Step I Take
"Each Step I Take" is the poetic story of one girl's journey through bullying. Told from Lila Dooley's teenage point of view, "Each Step I Take" reflects what many teenagers are experiencing in today's world of growing up with social media and extreme feelings...- $10.95
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
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...- $30.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Turned away from the shores of New York, a young Jewish boy seeks refuge in Cuba during WWII. Here in this tropical sanctuary, so far away from Germany, will he be safe from Nazi influence? A stunning new novel in verse from Margarita Engle,...- $10.99
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Vendor: Margarita Engle
Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air
A School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 In this powerful companion to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle recounts her teenage years during the turbulent 1960s. Margarita Engle's childhood straddled two worlds: the lush, welcoming island of...- $19.99
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Vendor: Elizabeth Acevedo
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
They tell me to fix my hair.And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;but how do you fix this shipwreckedhistory of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities...- $21.99
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Vendor: Naomi Shihab Nye
Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners
Nye once again deftly charts the world through verse.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A beautifully constructed, thoughtful, and inspiring collection.--School Library Journal (starred review)Young People's Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye's uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace....- $27.99
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Vendor: William Shakespeare
The Sonnets: 154 sonnets first published all together by William Shakespeare in a quarto in 1609 and six additional sonnets that Sh
Shakespeare's sonnets are poems that William Shakespeare wrote on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609 however, there are...- $19.95
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Vendor: David Haber
Call and Response
Age twelve.That is when it happened to me. And that is when it happened to my daughter Ella.So perhaps I should have known that poetry would slam her from all directions.We are not talking about the comforting couplets of Suess or the shape poems...- $19.99
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Vendor: Piper M. L. Bringman
Cardboard Wings
Cardboard Wings is the debut poetry collection by Piper Bringman, a 14-year-old poet who is coming of age. And, although her writing originally grew from a child's grief for her beloved pet, it has blossomed into a rich voice of aspiration and charm. Join...- $12.00
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Vendor: William Shakespeare
Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets are among the most lyrical and moving pieces of poetry in any language, abounding with examples of his genius for wordplay, rhythm and metaphor and dealing with the eternal themes of love, memory, beauty and the ravishes of time. First published in...- $8.00
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Vendor: Thor Ewing
50 Classic Poems Every Boy Should Know
Too many boys think poetry is all flowers and fairies. Drawing on a thousand years of English literature, these are poems which have thrilled and stirred the blood of generations of boys and men.This collection of fifty classic poems explores themes of strength, bravery...- $12.99
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Vendor: Stephen Dunning
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle
Here are modern poems chosen for their individual excellence and their special appeal to young people. Exciting photographs accent the contemporary tone of the collection.From lighthearted Phyllis Mc-Ginley to pessimistic Ezra Pound; from the lyricism of Edna St. Vincent Millay to the vigor of...- $19.99
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Vendor: Gary Soto
A Fire in My Hands
Few writers capture the everyday moments of life like Gary Soto. In direct and vivid poems, he draws from his own youth in California's Central Valley to portray the joys and sorrows of young people. His writing focuses on Latino characters, yet speaks to...- $7.99
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Vendor: Writerscorps
Tell the World
Through poetry we tell the world who we are, where we're from, what we love, what we think, how we feel, and why we hope.With a foreword by hip-hop artist and celebrated urban poet Common, Tell the World is a stunning collection of poems...- $15.99
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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;...- $17.99
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