Grimes, Nikki

Contains thirteen poems that explore different aspects of the African country of Tanzania.

Mary Rudine, called Mister, attends church and sings in the choir. But when she meets Trey she questions what she knows is right and one mistake leaves her hiding a growing secret.

Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers.

While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.

A collection of poems about children growing up, illustrated with photographs of African-American children.

A pregnant teenager finds support and forgiveness from God through a book of poetry presented from the Virgin Mary's perspective.

A collection of poems describes a young boy's life with his working mother as he establishes his own identity and develops a close relationship with his mother's friend, Blue.

A little girl describes her typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church.

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.