Booklists for Educators

Explore Our Booklists for Youth:

• 1st Grade
• African American History & Heritage for Kids
• Children Book Club Kits
• Teen Book Club Kits
• Libros en español para niños
• A New Home
• Hispanic Heritage for Kids
• Native American Heritage for Young Children
• Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Young Children
• Explore the Universe
• Teen E-books
• Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Kids
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Middle Graders
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Teens
• Black Lives Matter for Young Children
• Black Lives Matter - Teen edition
• Black Lives Matter for Kids
• Black Lives Matter for Middle Graders
• Pride for Young Children
• Pride for Kids
• Pride for Middle Graders
• LGBTQ+ Teen Reads
• Famous African Americans for Teens
• African American History & Heritage for Middle Graders
• Women's Equality Day 2020 - Teen Reads
• Hispanic Heritage for Young Children
• Hispanic Heritage for Middle Graders
• Hispanic Heritage for Teens
• Voting for Young Children
• Voting for Kids
• Voting for Middle Graders
• Vote! Teen Reads
• Native American Heritage for Kids
• Native American Heritage for Middle Graders
• Native American Heritage for Teens
• Great Books for Middle Graders 2020
• Great Books 2020 for Teens
• Great Books for Young Children 2020
• Great Books for Kids 2020

Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse

Poetry and Novels in Verse to help inspire you to use your creative writing skills and enter the Teen Poetry Contest!

Blood Water Paint
by Joy McCullough

debut novel based on the true story of the iconic painter, Artemisia Gentileschi.

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Bronx Masquerade.
by Nikki Grimes.

While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears.

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Bull
by David Elliott.

A modern twist on the Theseus and Minotaur myth, told in verse.

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The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

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Ink Knows No Borders
by edited by Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond

This collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first- and second- generation young adult immigrants and refugees.

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Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds

A searing look at gun violence, teenage Will must make a difficult, life-altering decision in the 60 seconds that he rides the elevator to the ground floor.

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Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
by Mitali Perkins

This collection of fiction & nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors.

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People Kill People
by Ellen Hopkins

Follows six teenagers as they are brought into close contact over the course of one tense week, in a town with political and personal tensions.

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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo

Xiomara feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.She has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

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