A series of vignettes in free verse in which the writer reminisces about his life as a 12 year old boy lving in a small town during the hot summer of 1938.
Love That Dog, Sharon Creech, 2001.
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous pomes mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
After the Death of Anna Gonzales, Terri Fields, 2002.
Poems written in the voices of 47 people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student�s suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.
Jump Ball: A basketball Season in Poems, Mel Glenn, 1997.
Tells the story of high school basketball team�s season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers, and coaches.
Split Image, Mel Glenn, 2000.
A series of poems reflect the thoughts and feelings of various people�students, the librarian, parents, the principal, and others�about the seemingly perfect Laura Li and her life inside and out of Tower High School. (Also by Mel Glenn, The taking of Room 114 and Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?)
Bronx Masquerade, Nikki Grimes, 2002.
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they�ve written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Joe relates the hardships of living on her family�s wheat farm in Oklahoma during the Bust Bowl years of the Depression.
Witness, Karen Hesse, 2001.
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.
The Brimstone Jounrals, Ron Koertge, 2001.
In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives.
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, Ron Koertge, 2003.
When a 12-year-old baseball player catches mono, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
Stop Pretending; What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy, Sonya Sones, 1999.
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdown.
What My Mother Doesn�t Know, Sonya Sones, 2001.
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.
Girl Coming In for a Landing, April Halprin Wayland, 2002.
A collection of more than one hundred poems recounting the ups and downs of one adolescent girl�s school year.
Jinx, Margaret Wild, 2001.
With the help of her understanding mother and a close friend, Jen eventually outgrows her nickname, Hinx, and deals with the deaths of two boys with whom she had been involved.
True Believer, Virginia Euwer Wolff, 2001.
Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, 15-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make an�an occasion to rise to.
Learning to Swim, a Memoir, Ann Turner, 2000.
A series of poems convey the feelings of a young girl whose sense of joy and security at the family�s summerhouse is shattered when an older boy who lives nearby sexually abuses her.
Carver: a Life in Poems, Marilyn Nelson, 2001
Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson provides readers with a look into the complex life of George Washington Carver.
You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir, Eireann Corrigan, 2002.
Eireann recounts her life-threatening struggle with anorexia and then her boyfriend�s suicidd attempt through a series of intense poems.
