Booklists for Educators
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- Libros en español para niños
- Milwaukee Ballet for Kids
- Pride Booklist for Kids
- A New Home
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- Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Young Children
- Explore the Universe
- Great Books=Great Gifts Teen 2020
- Great Books=Great Gifts Kids 2020
- Teen E-books
- Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
- 2019 Milwaukee County Teen Book Award
- Fandom Inspired Fiction
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Kids
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Middle Graders
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Teens
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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