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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
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Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
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Description
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
3) The poet X
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Description
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined...
4) Hope ablaze
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nida has always been known as Mamou Abdul-Hafeedh's niece--the poet who will fill her uncle's shoes after he was wrongfully incarcerated during the war on terror. But for Nida, her poetry letters are her heart and sharing so much of herself with a world that stereotypes her faith and her hijab is not an option. When Nida is illegally frisked at a Democratic Senatorial candidate's political rally, she writes a scathing poem about the politician, never...
5) Fly away
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While in North Dakota helping her Aunt Frankie prepare for a possible flood, Lucy finds her voice as a poet with the help of her two-year-old brother Teddy, the rest of their family, and a few cows.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Honor for Latino Literature
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Poetry Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Poetry Month 2024
Description
Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher.
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Tired of being picked on by a trio of popular girls, fourteen-year-old poet Emily hires a major public relations firm to change her image and soon finds herself "re-branded" as Em, one of the most important teens not only in her middle school, but in celebrity magazines, as well.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Teddy, a dog, leads siblings Nickel and Flora through a terrible snowstorm to shelter in a cabin, where he is flooded with memories of his deceased owner, the poet Sylvan.
9) The rescuers
Author
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Miss Bianca, a white mouse of great beauty and self-confidence, travels with the ambassador's son to Norway on behalf of the Prisoner's Aid Society in a perilous mission to rescue a poet imprisoned in the dreadful Black Castle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Marty Frye, a seven-year-old who likes to read poetry and talk in rhymes, solves three separate mysteries for a classmate, a toy store owner, and his younger sister.
11) Kureijī samā
Author
Publisher
Suzukishuppan
Pub. Date
2013
Language
日本語
Description
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
"La vida de un niño nacido en la frontera no es fácil, pero Güero sabe cómo hacerle frente: escribiendo poemas. Güero tiene doce años y es mexicano y americano al mismo tiempo. Sabe sentirse en casa en ambos lados del rio, y en su vida hay tanto español como inglés. Güero ha comenzado el séptimo año en la escuela, y su profe de inglés hace que hasta los poemas suenen cool. Güero es como llaman a los chicos como el: pálidos. Pero no te...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: C. S. King Honor for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's New Books: February 2024 Picture and Cardboard Books
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's New Books: February 2024 Picture and Cardboard Books
Description
A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.
14) Bright red fruit
Author
Publisher
Make Me A World
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her...
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