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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. Jump Anyway is for kids who dream. Kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to dream....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother's Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing. Pairing Sendak's poignant poetry with his exquisite and dramatic artwork, this book redefines what mature readers expect from Maurice Sendak while...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Life is a tangle of twisting paths. Some short. Some long. There are dead ends. And there are choices. And wrong turns, and detours, and yield signs, and instruction booklets, and star maps, and happiness, and loneliness. And friends. And sisters. And love. And poetry. Life is a maze. You are a maze. Amazed.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam. Includes author's note about foster home care.
Author
Series
Shakespeare bats cleanup volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland, poet and first baseman, is torn between his cute girlfriend Mira and Amy, who is funny, plays Chopin on the piano, and is also a poet.
7) House arrest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Timothy is sentenced to house arrest after impulsively stealing a wallet, and he is forced to keep a journal into which he pours all his thoughts, fears, and frustrations.
8) Solo
Author
Publisher
Blink
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he’d give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
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Description
"La vida de un nino nacido en la frontera no es facil, pero Guero sabe como hacerle frente: escribiendo poemas. Guero tiene doce anos y es mexicano y americano al mismo tiempo. Sabe sentirse en casa en ambos lados del rio, y en su vida hay tanto espanol como ingles. Guero ha comenzado el septimo ano en la escuela, y su profe de ingles hace que hasta los poemas suenen cool. Guero es como llaman a los chicos como el: palidos. Pero no te equivoques,...
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