Best Poetry For Young Adults - April 2024

Leave This Song Behind: Teen Poetry at Its Best (Teen Ink)

It's been 10 years since the last book in the Teen Ink series Written in the Dirt was published. Now, a whole new batch of teen writers has emerged with their own unique voices. Leave This Song Behind features the best poetry submitted by those writers to Teen Ink over the last five years. The pieces in this book were chosen because they were so powerful that they stood out from the rest. Teen Ink editors took a deep look into each poem's strengths then divided Leave This Song Behind into seven sections based on the poetic techniques or qualities that moved them most. Vivid sensory details ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0757318967
• ASIN: 0757318967
• ISBN: 0757318967
• Brand: Health Communications Inc
• Manufacturer: Health Communications Inc

Stressed, Unstressed: Classic Poems to Ease the Mind

Can you be re-lit by poetry? This little book offers everyone one of the oldest of all remedies for stress: the reading of poetry.Intended to help you endure some of your stressful moments and painful experiences, these poems tell us we are not alone. Returned again and again over the centuries by great imaginations are love and death and memory – remembrance of childhood joy, of happy days and beautiful places, of loved ones we have lost or feeling at peace and at one with the natural world. ‘Stressed Unstressed’ harvests an array of poems on such themes in the hope that they will speak... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0008203865
• ASIN: 0008203865
• ISBN: 0008203865
• Brand: WILLIAM COLLINS
• Manufacturer: William Collins

Long Way Down

“An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” —Booklist (starred review) “Astonishing.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1481438263
• ASIN: 1481438263
• ISBN: 1481438263
• Brand: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
• Manufacturer: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

The Poet X

Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award!Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.But Xiomara has plenty she wants to ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062662805
• ASIN: 0062662805
• ISBN: 0062662805
• Manufacturer: HarperTeen

Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else (A Poetry Speaks Experience)

Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems about you, who you are, and who you are becoming. Dive in-find the poem you love, the one that makes you angry, the one that makes you laugh, the one that knocks the wind out of you, and become a part of Poetry Speaks Who I Am by adding your own inside the book. Poetry can be life altering. It can be gritty and difficult. It can be hilarious or heart-breaking. And it's meant to be experienced, so we've included a CD on which you'll hear 44 poems, 39 of which are original recordings-you'll only find them here. You'll hear poet... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1402210744
• UPC: 760789217586
• ASIN: 1402210744
• ISBN: 9781402210747
• Brand: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Every Last Word

A New York Times Best Seller If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong cr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1484723643
• ASIN: 1484723643
• ISBN: 1484723643
• Brand: Disney-Hyperion
• Manufacturer: Disney-Hyperion

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended)

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.

• ASIN: 1442408928
• ASIN: 1442408928
• ISBN: 1442408928
• Brand: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Milk and Honey

#1 New York Times bestseller Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

• ASIN: 144947425X
• UPC: 884640411002
• ASIN: 144947425X
• ISBN: 9781449474256
• Brand: Rupi Kaur
• Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

EliotÂ’s famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout.

• ASIN: 015668568X
• ASIN: 015668568X
• ISBN: 015668568X
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace & Co.

The Best American Poetry 2019

The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry—“one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world” (Academy of American Poets)—now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review.Since 1988, The Best American Poetry has been the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry. The Washington Post said of the 2017 edition, “The poems...have a wonderful cohesion and flow, as if each contributes to a larger narrative about life today…While readers may question some of the selections—an annual sport with this series—most will find much t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1982106573
• ASIN: 1982106573
• ISBN: 1982106573
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You : A Book of Her Poems & His Poems Collected in Pairs

An award-winning anthology of paired poems by men and women.In this insightful anthology, the editors grouped almost 200 poems into pairs to demonstrate the different ways in which male and female poets see the same topics. How women see men, how boys see girls, and how we all see the world—often in very different ways, but surprisingly, wonderfully, sometimes very much the same.

• ASIN: 0689813414
• ASIN: 0689813414
• ISBN: 0689813414
• Brand: Simon Pulse
• Manufacturer: Simon Pulse

SHOUT

A New York Times bestseller 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!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflectio... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0670012106
• ASIN: 0670012106
• ISBN: 0670012106
• Manufacturer: Viking Books for Young Readers

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life

New York Times Best Seller Joining the ranks of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, You Are a Badass, and F*ck Feelings is this refreshing, BS-free self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, no-nonsense, tough-love approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations.  Are you tired of feeling f*cked up? If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. In this straightforward handbook, he gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unf*cked version of yourself. "Wake up to the miracle you ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0731QJ482
• ASIN: B0731QJ482
• Manufacturer: HarperAudio

becoming.

"becoming." is a collection of poetry journeying through life, love, and loss. Everyone understands that life is hard, but self-love and dedication will ALWAYS be the key! "becoming." is a heart-wrenching expression of raw emotion simplified in short, but thoughtful pieces.

• ASIN: 154509957X
• ASIN: 154509957X
• ISBN: 154509957X
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry

Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, this collection gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations. From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.Other poets include:Sylvia PlathJames MerrillAmy clampittJorie GrahamW. S. MerwinCharles SimicAllen GinsbergFrank O'HaraAnne SextonRobert CreeleySharon OldsMary OliverRobert Pinsky... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400030935
• ASIN: 1400030935
• ISBN: 1400030935
• Brand: McClatchy, J. D. (EDT)
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Hardcover)

"In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into

• UPC: 386667705

Omg : Devotionals for Teens + Young Adults

OMG: Devotionals for Teens and Young Adults may not be what you're expecting. They're not lectures. They're not mini-sermons. They're meant to help you live your life better by connecting you with God - no

• UPC: 52854433

Growing with : Every Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers and Young Adults Thrive in Their Faith, Family, and Future

Kara Powell and the team that brought you Sticky Faith use brand new research and real life stories to empower parents with three essential strategies for helping their teenage and young adult children build their

• UPC: 879449099
• Rating: 5.0

Unbroken (the Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive (Hardcover)

• UPC: 36959247
• Rating: 4.675

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

A collection of some of the poetry of Langston

• UPC: 20528352
• Rating: 4.0

The Sandburg Treasury : Prose and Poetry for Young People

An illustrated volume of all of Carl Sandburg's books for young readers: Rootabaga Stories, Early Moon, Wind Song, Prairie-Town Boy, and Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Introduction by Paula

• UPC: 53324798
• Rating: 1.0

20/30 Bible Study for Young Adults: Abundance : Living Responsibly with God's Gifts

Seven chapters offer Bible verses and discussion questions about "a life of joy," "material abundance," "over-indulgence," "Living simply," "money," "ways in which we are handled by our stuff," and "ethics." We'll wrestle with our personal

• UPC: 507582887

Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive (Young Adult Adaptation) (Paperback)

Original version published: New York: Random House,

• UPC: 55481912

How to Draw for Children and Young Adults : Animals

You can learn how to draw animals from around the world with these simple step-by-step illustrations. Anyone can learn from this book, from ages 8 to 108. It's all about just putting together circles, squares

• UPC: 897337202
• Rating: 5.0

Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear

Utterly delightful to read aloud, and for parent and child to share, Edward Lear's humorous verses shine with irrepressible joy and rhythm. Filled with exuberantly nonsensical made-up words (like "Scroobius Pip" and "pobble"!) that tickle

• UPC: 12516069
• Rating: 4.0

2 Vols. THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY FOR CHILDREN 1986 HC ILLUS Young Adult/Adult E1

• UPC: 390791816031
• Category: Children & YA Fiction
• Price: 90 USD