narrative poetry

Offers a biography in verse of Nicaraguan poet Rube?n Dari?o. Begins with Dari?o's childhood, growing up listening to the exaggerated tales of his uncle and working forward in his life to when he became an adventurer in Central and South America and discovered his love of poetry.

"In this novel in blank verse, twelve-year-old Cass struggles to cope with her father's recurring cancers that have dominated her whole life, with the knowledge that he is likely to die soon because the latest recurrence is worse--and with the possibility that she may have inherited the genetic disease, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, that causes the cancers"--Provided by the publisher.

In this novel in verse, Anna suffers due to her parents' constant fighting, anger, and drinking. She pushes everyone away until the family reaches a breaking point. Anna realizes that she too, needs to make some changes.

Humorous retellings in Spanish verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

Even though Amal Shahid is an artist and poet, he's still viewed as disruptive and unmotivated at his diverse art school. One fateful night at a local park, a fight breaks out between Amal and his friends and a group of white boys from a nearby gentrified neighborhood, leaving one of the white boys in a coma. Amal is convicted of the attack and sent to prison, even though he's not the one who put the boy in a coma. His despair and rage at having his bright future destroyed threaten to overcome him until he discovers the refuge and hope that his words and art give him.

A richly illustrated presentation of New York clergyman Clement Clark Moore's famous 1822 Christmas poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas," better known as "The Night Before Christmas.".

The well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.