Bees, Snails, and Peacock Tails

Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: and Other School Poems for Two Voices

Donut Go Breaking My Heart: A Wish Novel

Looking Glass Girl

All the Greys on Greene Street

Out of Heart

The Worry Web Site

Mallory in the Spotlight

He's a young artist obsessed with myths. But can he fix his own fate? Acclaimed author Betsy Franco and her talented son collaborate on a hip YA novel of "epic" proportions.Life. Love. Death. Identity. Ovid's got a lot on his mind, and he pours it all - as confessions, observations, narrative poems, and drawings - into the pages of a notebook. Inspired by his namesake, he wryly records his classmates' dramas as modern-day Roman mythology. There's Sophie and Caleb, the Psyche and Cupid of cyber-couples; poetic Paula, who pursues filmmaker Franny like Apollo chasing Daphne; and graphic novelist Duwayne, a Proserpina shuttling between divorced parents. Meanwhile, Ovid hides his own Olympian struggles: his meth addict sister Thena has run off, leaving him with a suffocating home life and a disturbing secret. In her striking YA debut, Betsy Franco introduces an expressive soul with a heartbreakingly authentic voice. Fantastical ink illustrations by her son Tom Franco enhance the intimate tone, delving deep into one intriguing teen's imagination.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Bees, Snails, and Peacock Tails

Steve Jenkins, Betsy Franco, 2008

Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: and Other School Poems for Two Voices

Betsy Franco, Jessie Hartland, 2009

Donut Go Breaking My Heart: A Wish Novel

Suzanne Nelson, 2017

Looking Glass Girl

Cathy Cassidy, 2015

All the Greys on Greene Street

Laura Tucker, Kelly Murphy, 2019

Out of Heart

Sharon M. Draper, Irfan Master, 2021

The Worry Web Site

Jacqueline Wilson, 2002

Mallory in the Spotlight

Laurie Friedman, Jennifer Kalis, 2010