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Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
153 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they relate to his life.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When his neighbors give a variety of answers to the question "What is a good day?" Daniel writes a poem about the everyday activities that give them joy.
9) Free verse
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left and nowhere to turn, but soon discovers family she didn't know she had, and begins to heal through poetry"--
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fancy Nancy and her class learn about poetry and write their own poems to read on Family Day at school. Includes poems by X. J. Kennedy, Douglas Florian, Marie Louise Allen, Arnold Lobel, and Jack Prelutsky.
11) And we stay
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
224 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sent to an Amherst, Massachusetts boarding school after her ex-boyfriend shoots himself, seventeen-year-old Emily expresses herself through poetry as she relives their relationship, copes with her guilt, and begins to heal.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As penpals for a high school English assignment, poetry-loving sophomore Jonathan and popular-athlete senior Adam explore their growing relationship through a series of letters.
14) Slammed: a novel
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Atria Books trade paperback ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Layken struggles with holding her family together after her father dies, until she develops a relationship with her new neighbor, Will, who has a passion for poetry slams and gives her a new sense of hope.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
184 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Kate is having a wonderful summer, playing baseball and taking a poetry class, until her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, causing Kate to struggle to keep her faith and trust in God.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his family's restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José MartÃ.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Combines playful text with inventive artwork to encourage readers to celebrate the magic of discovering their very own poetry in the world around them.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Now in middle school, Isaiah Dunn participates in a mentoring program, but he has a hunch that his mentee--a troublemaking third-grader name Kobe--has a secret and Isaiah is determined to get to the bottom of it.