Stoner & Spaz

Jess's Story (Backyard Witch Book 2)

Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs

Boy Girl Boy

Dear Rachel Maddow

How to Survive Middle School

Hold Still

Fat Hoochie Prom Queen

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

Stoner & Spaz

Ron Koertge, Ronald Koertge, Josh Hamilton, 2002

Jess's Story (Backyard Witch Book 2)

Deborah Marcero, Ron Koertge, Christine Heppermann, 2016

Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs

Ron Koertge, 2010

Boy Girl Boy

Ron Koertge, Ronald Koertge, 2005

Dear Rachel Maddow

Adrienne Kisner, 2018

How to Survive Middle School

Donna Gephart, 2010

Hold Still

Nina Lacour, 2009

Fat Hoochie Prom Queen

Nico Medina, 2008