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c1990 | Scholastic | 63 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available 811.54 S71f |
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The author's twenty-one poems are about the themes of life and each is preceded by a personal anecdote.
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2014 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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2014 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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"Christine Heppermann's powerful collection of free verse poems explore how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, their friends--as consumers, as objects, as competitors. Based on classic fairy tale characters and fairy tale tropes, the poems range from contemporary retellings to first person accounts set within the original stories. From Snow White's cottage and Rapunzel's tower to health class and the prom, these poems are a...
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Contains a collection of short stories and poems depicting the lives of urban male teenagers.
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Edmondson Pike - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.54 E582e
Hermitage - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.54 E582e
Richland Park - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.54 E582e
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[2015] | First edition. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 192 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.54 E582e Hermitage - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.54 E582e Richland Park - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.54 E582e |
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2015 | OverDrive | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | English | Available Online
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2015 | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | English | Available Online
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"In this ... memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War"--Amazon.com.
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Bellevue - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.008 P7458s
Southeast - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.008 P7458s
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2010 | Jabberwocky | 136 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 sound disc (63 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.) | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.008 P7458s Southeast - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.008 P7458s |
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Collects more than one hundred poems for young readers, with selections by Maya Angelou, Arthur Sze, Langston Hughes, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, William Butler Yeats, and others; and includes an audio CD with some of the poets reading their works.
7) The poet X
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Xiomara Batista is a teenage girl living in Harlem who's learned to use her fists to send messages. When she's invited to join her school's poetry club, she knows her religious mother will never allow it. But Xiomara is determined to find a way because she has something to say that can only be shared through her poetry.
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A collection of poems in Spanish and English about childhood, place, and identity.
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1999 | Pocket Books | xxii, 149 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm. | English | On Shelf
Thompson Lane - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.54 S5279r |
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2016 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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2016 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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Yolanda, a Puerto Rican girl, tries to come to terms with her painful past as she waits to see if her uncle recovers from injuries he suffered when the towers collapsed on September 11, 2001.
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Free verse autobiography of Jacqueline Woodson about her childhood growing up in the sixties and seventies in both the North and the South, from South Carolina to Brooklyn, New York.
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2008 | OverDrive | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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2008 | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Phears, an evil ghost, wants eleven-year-old Max to help him capture the ghosts of two children whose parents once trapped him, and he sends a Berserker Ghoul to possess Max and convince him to obey. Nicky and Tara still live in Max's bedroom, and while they've found some clues, they still don't know what happened to their parents. Meanwhile, Phears is still desperate to get his hands on Nicky and Tara, and to pressure Max into turning them over,...
13) Out of the dust
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Bordeaux - Kids Fiction 1 available
JUV Fiction Hesse
Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction 1 available
JUV Fiction Hesse
Green Hills - Kids Fiction 2 available
JUV Fiction Hesse
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1997 | 1st ed. | Scholastic Press | 227 p. ; 20 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Hesse Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Hesse Green Hills - Kids Fiction 2 available JUV Fiction Hesse |
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2008 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2012 | OverDrive | Scholastic Inc | English | Available Online
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2012 | Scholastic Inc | English | Available Online
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In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
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2013 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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2013 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
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Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction 1 available
YA Fiction Wolf
Main Library - Teen Fiction 1 available
YA Fiction Wolf
Southeast - Teen Fiction 1 available
YA Fiction Wolf
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2011 | 1st U.S. ed. | Candlewick Press | 466 p. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction 1 available YA Fiction Wolf Main Library - Teen Fiction 1 available YA Fiction Wolf Southeast - Teen Fiction 1 available YA Fiction Wolf |
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Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.
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Donelson - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.54 M9961h
Looby - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available
YA 811.54 M9961h
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2004 | 1st ed. | Holiday House | viii, 88 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.54 M9961h Looby - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available YA 811.54 M9961h |
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Bordeaux - Teen Audiobook 1 available
YA CD AUDIO 811.54 M9968h
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p2010 | Live Oak Media | 2 sound discs (90 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Teen Audiobook 1 available YA CD AUDIO 811.54 M9968h |
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2010 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Live Oak Media | English | Available Online
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Watkins Park - Teen Audiobook 1 available
PLAYAWAY YA 811.54 M9961h
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[2011], p2011 | Unabridged. | [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC | 1 sound media player (1 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Watkins Park - Teen Audiobook 1 available PLAYAWAY YA 811.54 M9961h |
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Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more. Exhilarating and electric, these poems capture the energy and resilience of a neighborhood and a people.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Presents a collection of poetry that explores the subjects of mental health and personal well-being. The author reflects on her own experiences with love, happiness, depression, and hope.
The library does not own any copies of this title.
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A new collection of bilingual poems from the bestselling editor of Cool Salsa. Ten years after the publication of the acclaimed Cool Salsa, editor Lori Marie Carlson has brought together a stunning variety of Latino poets for a long-awaited follow-up. Established and familiar names are joined by many new young voices, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos has written the introduction. The poets collected here illuminate the difficulty...
19) For every one
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Presents a poem written by the author encouraging teens to be courageous.
20) Say her name
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A collection of forty illustrated poems celebrating the vulnerability and strength of black women and girls.