Nikki Grimes
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jayden expects to see nothing but brown his first morning in New Mexico, but after being surprised by colorful rocks, flowers, birds, and animals, he wonders if this place could become home.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.
25) A dime a dozen
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems about an African-American girl growing up in New York.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
27) Wild, wild hair
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
In this rhyming story, an African American girl hides when it's time to comb and braid her hair.
29) What is goodbye?
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alternating poems by a brother and sister convey their feelings about the death of their older brother and the impact it had on their family.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam. Includes author's note about foster home care.
To hone his writing skills and learn more about the power of words, Darrian enrolls in Mr. Ward's class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and boys vs. girls poetry slam. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD....