teenagers' writings, american

A vivid portrait of what it means to be a teenage girl in America today. Teenage girls today live their life in words--in text and instant messages, on blogs and social network pages. It's how they conduct their friendships and present themselves to the world, but they are also creating a formidable body of personal written work. This generation's unprecedented comfort level with the written word has led to a fearless new American literature. These collected essays offer a key to understanding one of the most mislabeled and underestimated members of society. Here, nearly sixty teenage girls from across the country, representing a diverse spectrum of socioeconomic, political, racial, and religious backgrounds, create a rich portrait of life as a teen girl in America today, revealing the complicated inner lives, humor, hopes, struggles, thrills, and obsessions of this generation.--From publisher description.

Presents nearly seventy angst-filled poems by teenage girls, as well as a teaching chapter on poetry that describes various types of poems and gives tips on writing.

An anthology of stories, poems, essays, and works of art by selected middle school and high school writers and artists who won Scholastic Art & Writing Awards between 2005 and 2007.

A collection of writing by teen participants in the Voces program at New Mexico's National Hispanic Cultural Center, which brings together participants of all races in an effort to create a community of respect through the literary arts.

A collection of essays in which American teens share their opinions, fears, and beliefs and reflect on the ups and downs of growing up in the twenty-first century.

Presents a collection of letters and journal entries that record the childhood diaries of a number of authors.

A collection of poems and journal entries in which teens in love share their passion and angst as they deal with relationships, unrequited love, and let downs.

A collection of essays written by teenagers that discuss how what they think about the violence they see in their everyday lives.