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3) Skylark
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Angie lives in an old car with her brother and mother. Homeless after their father left to find work, the family struggles to stay together and live as normally as possible. It is difficult though. Between avoiding the police and finding new places to park each night, it is a constant struggle. When Angie discovers slam poetry, she finds a new way to express herself and find meaning and comfort in a confusing world.
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
9) For everyone
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to dream. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality....
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 23
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Harry and Doug investigate when special bookmarks begin to disappear while their class is busy studying poetry and running their own post office.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Spread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore's cherished poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This new edition of the classic features the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with beautifully detailed LEGO brick scenes and characters. See the colorful stockings hung by the chimney in the fanciful brick house, and look on at the visions of dancing brick sugarplums. Turn the pages to reveal Saint Nicholas with...
14) Science verse
Author
Description
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
16) Out of the dust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Appears on list
Description
Written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression. With stoic courage, she learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her grieving father's slow deterioration. There is hope at the end when Billie Jo's badly burned hands are healed, and she is able to play her beloved piano again.
19) The song of us
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Love at first sight isn't a myth. For seventh graders Olivia and Eden, it's fate. Olivia is a capital-P Poet, and Eden thinks she wants to be a musician one day, but for now she's just the new girl. And then Eden shows up to Poetry Club and everything changes. Eden isn't out, and she has rules for dating Olivia: don't call. Don't tell her friends. And don't let anyone know they're together. But when jealousy creeps in, it's Olivia's words that push...
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 4
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
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