Poetry From novels in verse to non-fiction and tradtitional poetry-- here are 13 selections to help you honor National Poetry Month in April. |
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| I Just Hope it’s Lethal : Poems of Sadness, Madness, and Joy |
A collection of favorite poets and teenage poets writing on a theme. The title says it all.
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| Poetry speaks |
Listen to famous poets reading their own work. Includes Robert Frost, Tennyson, Plath - a total of 42 authors.
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| The United States of Poetry |
Disperate and expansive, this covers the diverse and unique voices of today’s American Poet.
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 | Glenn, Mel |
| Split image : a story in poems |
| Laura Li is struggling with who she is and how people see her. What happens when she isn’t allowed to choose who she WANTS to be? |
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 | Herrick, Steven |
| Love, Ghosts & Facial Hair |
Jack’s trying to grow up. He’s obsessed with facial hair, girls and the memory of his dead mother.
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 | High, Linda Oatman |
| Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip |
| With a serious rhythm and fast pace follow Sister Slam on her road trip to fame. |
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 | Hopkins, Ellen |
| Impulse |
Dark and edgy, this tells the story of three teens struggling to deal with the demons of their past while in a detention center.
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 | Koertge, Ronald |
| Shakespeare Bats Cleanup |
Bored and on the bench because of mono, Kevin starts to write funny and poignant poetry.
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 | McCormick, Patricia |
| Sold |
Taken from her home in Nepal, Lakshmi is sold as a sex slave to a brothel in India. A novel in poems, this illuminates a heartbreaking story of slavery in today’s world.
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 | Sones, Sonya |
| One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies |
Ruby’s never met her movie star father, but now that her mother has died she has to uproot her entire life and go live with a complete stranger.
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 | Stone, Tanya Lee |
| A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl |
Three girls. One boy. The trials, heartbreak, and empowerment of relationships.
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 | Wolf, Allan |
| Immersed in Verse |
Everything a poet needs to know about being a poet. With jokes.
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 | Wolff, Virginia Euwer |
| Make Lemonade |
LaVaughn wants out of the projects. To save money she takes a job as a babysitter for the kids of 17-year-old Jolly who leads the life LaVaughn wants to avoid.
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