Poetry

Nunca es tarde para otorgarte una segunda oportunidad. Por mucho tiempo te has juzgado, y en este viaje, uno de los destinos será el perdón.

In this sparkling and heartfelt debut YA novel in verse by a Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow, a young Black girl discovers first love, self-worth, and the power of a good skate. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Joya Goffney.

Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere....

These Are the Words is the empowering first-ever YA feminist collection written and illustrated by international poetry sensation Nikita Gill, containing all the things she wished someone had told her when she was a growing up....

A New York Times best seller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson....

The term Apple is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly red on the outside, white on the inside. Eric Gansworth tells his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere....

In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad—the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance....

Set in New York City in the ’90s, Angela Shanté’s poems and stories paint a mosaic of childhood that is shaped by the past and reverberates into the present.

Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy....

Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don't invite her to parties....

In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender....

Elvira Sastre revela en este libro su mundo interior y sus experiencias más íntimas. El diálogo que se establece entre el texto y las ilustraciones de Emba logra una composición estética única, digna de coleccionistas....

Sixteen-year-old Alicia Rivers has a reputation that precedes her. But there’s more to her story than the whispers that follow her through the hallways at school—whispers that splinter into a million different insults that mean: a girl who has had sex....

A YA contemporary sapphic romance told in verse, by the critically praised author of A Million Quiet Revolutions, Ode to My First Car is about a bisexual teen girl who falls in and out of love over the course of one fateful summer....

Dear reader, Inspired by the lore, characters, and imagery of Taylor Swift’s song lyric universe, The Manuscript is a 13-chapter novella for ...

A powerful biography in poems​ about a trailblazing artist and a pillar of the Harlem Renaissance—with an afterword by the curator of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture....

A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our world even in the midst of pain....

Beloved storyteller Jim Weiss performs unabridged, thrilling, engaging poetry for listeners from middle school age through adults....

Robin Gow's A Million Quiet Revolutions is a modern love story, told in verse, about two teenaged trans boys who name themselves after two Revolutionary War soldiers....

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best friend. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nikki Grimes....

While society often assigns the label “knucklehead” to kids with attitude problems, this brilliant and electric poetry collection by spoken word poet and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. subverts that narrow way of thinking and empathizes with young people who are misunderstood and unheard.

A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet....

Some homes you carry in your suitcase. Others, you leave buried under a guava tree. In this moving novel-in-verse, Mina has just uprooted her life in St. Kitts to start over in Orlando—a place of strange food, strange people, and a silence that stretches between her and the world.

Award-winning Author Lang Leav presents Poemsia, an inspiring YA novel that will make you laugh, cry, and want to share with all your friends....

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this queer literary romance....

Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman lives for Saturdays at WestSide Roll, the iconic neighborhood roller rink. On these magical nights, Jae can lose herself in the music of DJ Sunny, the smell of nachos from the concession, and the crowd of some of her favorite people—old heads, dance crews, and other regulars like herself. Here, Jae and other Black teens can fully be themselves. One Saturday, as Jae skates away her worries, she crashes into the cutest boy she’s ever seen. Trey’s dimples, rich brown skin, and warm smile make it impossible for her to be mad at him though.

Another mystic shadowy muse who lingers down to my core, cloaked in an aura of mysterious but powerful lore, who’s destined to push me to a point I can no longer endure.

A SELF REFLECTION POEM ABOUT MY ALTER EGO AND ME IN MY WRITING LAIR, WHERE THE INDEPENDENT WRITER INSIDE BECAME AWARE!

USE YOUR POWER AND ENJOY YOUR BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GOAT!

ROAR INTO YOUR BIRTHDAY AND HAVE IT FLAME BROILED YOUR WAY!

Take a second to look at the menu while you decide Make time to look over everything, keep your stride There is a special birthday drink on the back side Made with goodness so you can enjoy it with pride

PARTY OFF THE SCALES BUT TRY TO STAY BALANCED AND HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PICES, IT'S YOUR SPECIAL DAY, SO PICK SOMETHING DELICOUS AND CELEBRATE YOUR WAY!

TODAY IS YOUR DAY SO MAKE IT STING & DO YOUR THING!

It's July and the Crab is here, for a Happy Birthday cheer Celebrate with a loved one and hold them close or dear If it's their birthday or yours, bake a cake and call them near Now is the time to shout, "THIS IS YOUR DAY" so they hear!

JUST DON'T SAY IT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN TAKE, AND I WON'T BREAK ...

This guy is not a criminal, said the older officer on the case He doesn’t seem like the type, doesn't have a devious enough face I can’t seem to release my mind from this pretty judgmental place I have solved many crimes, but this guy leaves an unusual trace

When you are in need of a helping hand look around, but don't be surprised when your Anchor is nowhere to be found ...

I’m afraid I couldn’t refrain, the day I lost control I took your pain, then ended up paying the ultimate toll Even though I sold my soul, because of what you stole Broken inside, now my heart left with a metaphorical hole