FRENCHTOWN SUMMER
by Robert Cormier
The strange life of a twelve year old boy in the sweltering hot summer of 1938.

YOU REMIND ME OF YOU: A POETRY MEMOIR
by Eireann Corrigan
True story of the author’s struggle with anorexia and her boyfriend’s attempted suicide.

LOVE THAT DOG
by Sharon Creech
A young student comes to love poetry and surprises himself with a poem of his own.

AFTER THE DEATH OF ANNA GONZALES
by Terri Fields
Forty-seven poems describe the aftermath of a high school student’s suicide.

THE BRAID
by Helen Frost
Award-winning poet Helen Frost eloquently twists strand over strand of language, braiding the words at the edges of the poems to bring new poetic forms to life while intertwining the destinies of two young girls and the people who cross their paths.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: A MYSTERY IN POEMS
by Mel Glenn
In this small, lakeside town, the beautiful new girl in school is murdered.

JUMP BALL: A BASKETBALL SEASON IN POEMS
by Mel Glenn
Students, families, teachers, and coaches recount one team’s story.

SPLIT IMAGE: A STORY IN POEMS
by Mel Glenn
Is Laura Li really as perfect as she seems? Everyone is wondering…

THE TAKING OF ROOM 114: A HOSTAGE DRAMA IN POEMS
by Mel Glenn
A class of high school seniors are taken hostage by their history teacher.

WHO KILLED MR. CHIPPENDALE?: A MYSTERY IN POEMS
by Mel Glenn
Look for clues in each poem, then you decide who did it.

BLUE LIPSTICK: CONCRETE POEMS
by John Grandits
Jessie's a girl with strong opinions, and she isn't shy about sharing them. Her funny, sarcastic take on high school life is revealed through concrete poetry: words, ideas, type and design that combine to make pictures and patterns.

BRONX MASQUERADE
by Nikki Grimes
These high school students reveal their innermost thoughts and fears through their poetry.

OUT OF THE DUST
by Karen Hesse
Billie-Jo and her family struggle to make it through the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.

WITNESS
by Karen Hesse
In the 1920’s, the Klan tries to infiltrate a small Vermont town.

SOUL MOON SOUP
by Lindsay Lee Johnson
Pheobe discovers some deep family secrets when sent to live with her grandmother in the country.

THE BRIMSTONE JOURNALS
by Ron Koertge
High school students reveal there is violence brewing in their school.

SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP
by Ron Koertge
While stuck in bed with mono, a 14-year old baseball player ponders life, love and loss.

CARVER: A LIFE IN POEMS
by Marilyn Nelson
A look into the complex life of George Washington Carver.

SEVENTEEN: A NOVEL IN PROSE POEMS
by Liz Rosenberg
Stephanie grows up in fear of inheriting her mother’s mental illness.

YELLOW STAR
by Jennifer Roy
From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.

STOP PRETENDING: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MY BIG SISTER WENT CRAZY
by Sonya Sones
When someone in the family has a mental breakdown, everyone goes a little crazy.

WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW
by Sonya Sones
Sophie is involved with three guys, trying to decide who is “Mr Right.”

BECOMING JOE DIMAGGIO
by Maria Testa
Being named after the baseball legend helps Joseph Paul strive for his own greatness.

LEARNING TO SWIM : A MEMOIR
by Ann Turner
A young girl’s sense of security is shattered one summer when she is abused by an older boy.

GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING : A NOVEL IN POEMS
by April Halprin Wayland
More than 100 poems recount one girl’s very tumultuous school year.

JINX
by Margaret Wild
After the deaths of two consecutive boyfriends, Jen considers herself bad luck.

MAKE LEMONADE
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Fourteen year old LaVaughn babysits for a struggling teenage mother with two children.

TRUE BELIEVER
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Now fifteen, LaVaughn meets new friends and develops a hopeless crush on one of them.

LOCOMOTION
by Jacqueline Woodson
Lonnie is sent to a foster home and separated from his sister after their parents die.

RUBBER HOUSES
by Ellen Yeomans
A novel in verse that relates seventeen-year-old Kit's experiences as her younger brother is diagnosed with and dies of cancer and as she withdraws into and gradually emerges from her grief.