Jess's Story (Backyard Witch Book 2)

How to Survive Middle School

Hold Still

The Offline Diaries

The Breakup Bible

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

Hot Chocolate With God #3: Just Me & the God Who Loves Me

There's Something About Sweetie

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

"This funny and poignant novel celebrates the power of writing to help young people make sense of their lives and unlock and confront their problems." - School Library Journal (starred review)When MVP Kevin Boland gets the news that he has mono and won't be seeing a baseball field for a while, he suddenly finds himself scrawling a poem down the middle of a page in his journal. To get some help, he cops a poetry book from his dad's den - and before Kevin knows it, he's writing in verse about stuff like, Will his jock friends give up on him? What's the deal with girlfriends? Surprisingly enough, after his health improves, he keeps on writing, about the smart-talking Latina girl who thinks poets are cool, and even about his mother, whose death is a still-tender loss. Written in free verse with examples of several poetic forms slipped into the mix, including a sonnet, haiku, pastoral, and even a pantoum, this funny, poignant story by a master of dialogue is an English teacher's dream - sure to hook poetry lovers, baseball fanatics, mono recoverers, and everyone in between.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Jess's Story (Backyard Witch Book 2)

Deborah Marcero, Ron Koertge, Christine Heppermann, 2016

How to Survive Middle School

Donna Gephart, 2010

Hold Still

Nina Lacour, 2009

The Offline Diaries

Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinene, 2022

The Breakup Bible

Melissa Kantor, 2007

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

Raymond Obstfeld, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 2017

Hot Chocolate With God #3: Just Me & the God Who Loves Me

Jill Kelly, Erin Kelly, Camryn Kelly, 2013

There's Something About Sweetie

Sandhya Menon, 2019