Marigold and Rose: A fiction by Louise Gluck
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Category: Secondary Poetry | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020, for ‘her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal’, Louise Gluck takes a new direction in a fable which returns to essential questions, of identity and belonging, of desire and the creative impulse. The twins ...Show more
Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta
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Category: Secondary Poetry
From the Stonewall Award-winning author of The Black Flamingo comes a romantic coming-of-age novel in verse about the beautiful--and sometimes painful--fallout of pursuing the love we deserve. The ideal next read for fans of Kacen Callender, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Becky Albertalli. Fifteen-year-old Mac ...Show more
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi; Yusef Salaam
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Category: Secondary Poetry
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of the Noughts & Crosses series and The Hate U Give. One fateful night, an altercation in a ...Show more
SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This by Nikita Gill
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Category: Secondary Poetry
It's time to reclaim poetry. Collected by international poetry sensation Nikita Gill, SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This is a joyful celebration of the ground-breaking poets making their voices heard in the spoken word scene. Empowering, inspiring and often hilarious, SLAMs are a platform for well-known ...Show more
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
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Category: Secondary Poetry
'I loved every word' - Malorie Blackman 'Atta's bold verse novel calls to its readers to find their own blazing, performative inner truth' - Guardian A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo. A bold story ...Show more
The Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick
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Category: Secondary Poetry
'There are worse things than school.' Luke sleepwalks through his days wagging school, swimming at the reservoir and eating takeaway pizza. That is until Charlotte shows up. Rumour is she got expelled from her city school and her family moved to the Blue Mountains for a fresh start. But when Luke's invi ...Show more
The Crossing by Manjeet Mann
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Category: Secondary Poetry
A trailblazing new novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds; The Crossing is a profound story of hope, grief, and the very real tragedies of the refugee crisis. Natalie's world is falling apart. She's just lost her mum and her brother marches the streets of Dover full of hate and anger. Swimming ...Show more
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero
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Category: Secondary Poetry
"A must-read for lost souls everywhere." --Kirkus, STARRED REVIEWMagic will burn you up.Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez--a biracial Jewish girl--finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents' desire for h ...Show more
The Girl Who Became a Tree by Joseph Coelho
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Category: Secondary Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memories of share ...Show more
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Category: Young Adult
Winner of the 2019 Carnegie Medal. 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 ...Show more
The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani
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Category: Secondary Poetry
Uplifting and unputdownable, an illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music.
The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
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Category: Secondary Poetry | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser. | Reading Level: 14+
My hand in his stops trembling, for a moment. When the paths of a runaway teenage boy, an old hobo and a rich girl intersect in an abandoned train yard, each carries their own personal baggage. Over early mornings, long walks and cheap coffee they discover, no matter how big or small, it's the simple gi ...Show more