Poetry
Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major
Relates the story of seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey and her attempt to help rescue over one hundred sixty passengers from the Irish immigrant ship "Despatch" after it ran aground off the coast of Newfoundland. Presented in poetry form.
Relates the story of seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey and her attempt to help rescue over one hundred sixty passengers from the Irish immigrant ship "Despatch" after it ran aground off the coast of Newfoundland. Presented in poetry form.
I am the Darker Brother: an Anthology of Modern African American Poets by Arnold Adoff
A stunning collection of powerful poetry by both classic and contemporary African American Poets allows young readers to be introduced to poetry. Varying topics allow for all interest levels to be drawn in by some of today’s most remarkable prose.
A stunning collection of powerful poetry by both classic and contemporary African American Poets allows young readers to be introduced to poetry. Varying topics allow for all interest levels to be drawn in by some of today’s most remarkable prose.
I Wouldn’t Thank you for a Valentine: Poems for Young Feminists by Carol Ann Duffy
Rife with emotion, this brief volume (about 90 poems) explores women's issues of race, status, identity, and equality. Sex, religion, politics, and other volatile issues are present, but other offerings reflect on celebrating a birthday, growing up, challenging authority, and the psychology of shopping.
Rife with emotion, this brief volume (about 90 poems) explores women's issues of race, status, identity, and equality. Sex, religion, politics, and other volatile issues are present, but other offerings reflect on celebrating a birthday, growing up, challenging authority, and the psychology of shopping.
Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems by Mel Glenn
Tells the story of a high school basketball team's season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers, and coaches.
Tells the story of a high school basketball team's season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers, and coaches.
Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World by Richard Peck
From romance to wackiness, sadness to hysteria, Richard Peck’s collection of “real world” poems grabs the imagination and doesn’t let go until the last word has been read.
From romance to wackiness, sadness to hysteria, Richard Peck’s collection of “real world” poems grabs the imagination and doesn’t let go until the last word has been read.
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
The swift flow of these short poems carries readers along in thoughts, conversations, and scenes as Damien and Junice's romance begins. He is a high achiever who has been accepted to Brown University and is expected to go far. Junice has just lost her mother to prison and is trying to keep her younger sister and her grandmother together as a family. Damien and Junice question who they are and who they will become.
The swift flow of these short poems carries readers along in thoughts, conversations, and scenes as Damien and Junice's romance begins. He is a high achiever who has been accepted to Brown University and is expected to go far. Junice has just lost her mother to prison and is trying to keep her younger sister and her grandmother together as a family. Damien and Junice question who they are and who they will become.
The Brimstone Journals by Ronald Koertge
In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives.
In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives.