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Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems
by Nikki Giovanni
The diverse voices of teens from San Francisco, Washington, DC, and the Bronx are brought together in a collection of poems by teens who have taken part in writing programs run by a national nonprofit organization called WritersCorps.
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Skin Deep and Other Teenage Reflections: Poems
by Angela Shelf Medearis
Offering a powerful-but-playful portrait of urban teens—especially teens of color—this collection of poetry is at once rife with contemporary issues as well as the timeless challenges of high school. Whether focusing on topics such as troubled families, racism in the streets, and depression or boy-girl obsession, the joys of graduation, sports triumphs, and personal achievement, Angela Shelf Medearis writes with wry humor and a direct honesty with which young readers will immediately identify. This is an excellent resource to engage adolescent readers and writers in a discussion of issues they will recognize from their own lives.
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Poems From Homeroom: A Writer's Place to Start
by Kathi Appelt
A collection of original poems about school life and creative writing exercises to help writers begin poems of their own will inspire teens to write about their own lives and experiences.
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The Pain Tree, and Other Teenage Angst-Ridden Poetry
by Esther Watson
This is a book of original poetry by and for teens. Dramatic, plaintive, despairing, and hopeful, this unusual collection has been gathered together by artists Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd and dramatically illustrated with stunning paintings.
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I Am Me: Teen Artists and Writers Speak Out on Being Yourself
by Tom Worthen
This book pairs award winning art and writing to empower teens to shake off negative influences and realize it is okay to be themselves. Each piece of art is skillfully matched with writing to reflect the attitude of a generation of teens who want to fit in, but feel inadequate due to societal pressures. This is a powerful book that can help young people believe that you don't have to achieve "perfection" to be "perfect."
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Get Lit Rising: Words Ignite. Claim Your Poem. Claim Your life.
by Diane Luby Lane
Get Lit Rising brings to life the true story of nineteen teen poets (the Get Lit Players) who are inspiring thousands of teens across the country through their award-winning performances of classic and spoken word poems. This book takes readers inside the private lives of these teen poets as they try to transform the lives of inner city teens in some of the toughest life circumstances. The Get Lit Players include teens who struggle with homelessness, autism, incarceration, body image, depression, and more. But they use the power of poetry to reclaim their lives and influence their friends, families, and communities.
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A Maze Me: Poems for Girls
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Written for a young female audience, a collection captures the wide array of coming-of-age emotion, drama, angst, and joy through 72 poems dealing with friendship, school, community, love, and family.
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Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
by Sophia Thakur
A coming-of-age debut collection by the acclaimed spoken-word performance poet explores issues ranging from identity and perseverance to relationships and loss, in a volume that draws on the author’s experiences as a mixed-race woman in a lonely and complicated world.
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