De: MíPara: MíLa tormenta pasaráNunca es tarde para otorgarte una segunda oportunidad. Cada día puedes empezar de nuevo, aprender de las experiencias que te hirieron, y avanzar hacia un futuro mejor. Por mucho tiempo te has juzgado, y en este viaje, uno de los destinos será el perdón.Mereces cerrar los ojos abrazando tus logros, aunque te sientas muy lejos de la meta, estás avanzando por la escalera de la vida, donde cada peldaño ya es un triunfo.Si estás leyendo esto, es porque nos merecemos un viaje en el que naveguemos sin juzgarnos por cada error, y entendamos que los problemas, aunque se aparezcan juntos y traten de derrumbamos, no lo lograrán. Es tiempo de enfrentar los inconvenientes con paciencia descubriendo esa fortaleza que tenemos. Porque tenemos el poder de empezar de nuevo todas las veces que sean necesarias, recuérdalo.Este libro es para encendernos en la noche mas oscura, para atravesar las crisis, para despedirnos de ese amor que acabó, o de ese amor que se fue al cielo. Un libro para reencontramos, para convertirnos en desconocidos que se vuelven amigos, y tienen derecho a llorar, a reir, a tocar fondo y coger impulso hasta tocar las nubes.Porque después de este viaje, ninguna tempestad va a debilitarnos, saldremos de ella fortalecidos, y con más motivación para superar lo que sea que nos depare la vida. Quizá hoy tienes mucho en tu mente, y piensas que no podras, pero iremos con calma, sin prisa, y poco a poco...La tormenta pasará. Read more

In this fast-paced world, I Wish I Knew is a collection of poems to guide us through the wilderness of life, navigating body image, emotions, mental health, and personal growth. With honest lessons learned from rock bottom, Donna Ashworth's writing helps us to find courage in chaos and rise to every challenge. Sparking joy, surprise, and gratitude on each page, this collection will soothe your soul, strengthen your spirit, and help you find your own unique voice. Read more

The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats, with whimsical illustrations by Edward Gorey. These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and continue to delight children and adults alike. This collection is a curious and artful homage to felines young and old, merry and fierce, small and unmistakably round. Also includes Edward Gorey's charming pen and ink illustrations. Read more

How about a book that makes you barge into your boss' office to recite a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way?The term Apple is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly red on the outside, white on the inside.Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds.Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking. Read more

El latido de un corazón puede esconder el anhelo más profundo por el amor.En este poemario se exploran los deseos más abismales y sutiles, esos que se quedan atrapados en la garganta antes de desvanecerse ante el tiempo. Este horrible deseo de amarte es el primer libro del poeta Sebastian Alanis, quien con su prosa nos lleva por este viaje de emociones que comprenden aquello a lo que románticamente llamamos amor. Read more

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Will I feel like this forever? Why can’t I just heal?If you have ever asked yourself these two questions, this book is for you.Behind Glass Shadows is a powerful poetry collection that uncovers how the pain experienced in childhood leaves a profound impact on the human soul. Divided into three sections, Behind Glass Shadows delves into the lifelong struggle of confronting childhood wounds, learning to coexist with unhealed scars, and finding comfort in embracing them as an inseparable part of who you are.Each page is a step closer to understanding that healing is not a mandatory destination but a complex, evolving process. There is comfort in being stuck in your healing, finding relief in the ache of your past experiences, and embracing the shadows that shape who you are. Read more

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women.Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book” her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America. Read more

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 reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Described as "powerful," "captivating," and "essential" in the nine starred reviews it's received, this must-read memoir is being hailed as one of 2019's best books for teens and adults. A denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts, SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore. Read more

“A lyrical masterpiece.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying cry to the young dreamers of the world.For Every One is exactly that: for every one. For every one person. For every one who has a dream. But especially for every kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to imagine. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality. He expected to make it when he was sixteen. Then eighteen. Then twenty-five. Now, some of those expectations have been realized. But others, the most important ones, lay ahead, and a lot of them involve kids, how to inspire them: All the kids who are scared to dream, or don’t know how to dream, or don’t dare to dream because they’ve NEVER seen a dream come true. Jason wants kids to know that dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguishes—because simply having the dream is the start you need, or you won’t get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith. A pitch-perfect graduation, baby, or inspirational gift for anyone who needs to me reminded of their own abilities—to dream. Read more

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flowerits sweetness garlands made for pretty girlsi imagine her yasmeen bright & alive& i ache to have been born her insteadNima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed. Read more

From the creators of the New York Times bestseller Poetry Speaks to Children, comes this inspirational anthology book of poems for middle grade readers.Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems for teen boys and girls, making it the perfect addition to any classroom. With poems about who teens are and who they are becoming, they'll find poems that make them laugh, that make them angry, or poems that speak directly to them. 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 poets both classic and contemporary, well-known and refreshingly new, including: Dana Gioia expresses the hunger of a "Vampire's Serenade"Elizabeth Alexander waits for that second kiss in "Zodiac"Langston Hughes flings his arms wide in "Dream Variations"Marilyn Nelson reads to her class in "How I Discovered Poetry"Paul Muldoon's poem "Sideman," brought loudly to life by the band RackettAnd 39 more!Poetry Speaks Who I Am is dynamic, accessible, challenging, classic, edgy, and ultimately...not quite perfect. Just like you. Read more

Despite being a young master of the Zearthorn sect, Neave is not a cultivator. And if he can have his way, he never will be. Years of daily beatings, bullying, and abuse haven’t been enough to make him change his mind, and the ultimatum from his father won’t be either.Forced to choose between an arranged marriage and a path of cultivation, Neave makes a third choice. In a desperate, last-ditch attempt, he enters a secret vault and encounters a treasure.A book he should have never touched.Trapped in a hellish time loop of death and suffering, he fights waves of demons in an impossible challenge of skill, creativity, and perseverance.What will happen when he finally returns?Oblivious to the apocalypse he had become.Unaware of the horrors he had dragged outside.Grab a copy of this captivating cultivation adventure! Filled with progression, time loops, nightmare realms, and a tons of action waiting for you to immerse yourself in! Read more

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National Book Award LonglistTIME's 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2020NPR's Best Book of 2020Shelf Awareness's Best Books of 2020Publishers Weekly's Big Indie Books of FallAmazon's Best Book of the MonthAICL Best YA Books of 2020CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Books of 2020PRAISE"Stirring…. Raw and moving." —TIME"Beautiful imagery and with words that soar and scald." —The Buffalo News"Easily one of the best books to be published in 2020. The kind of book bound to save lives." —LitHub"A powerful narrative about identity and belonging." —Paste MagazineFOUR STARRED REVIEWS★ "Timely and important." —Booklist, starred review★ "Searing yet dryly funny." —The Bulletin, starred review★ "Exceptional." —Shelf-Awareness, starred review★ "Captivating." —School Library Journal, starred reviewThe term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside."In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family—of Onondaga among Tuscaroras—of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds.Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking. Read more

“I find it so easy to forget / that I’m just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts.” Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses of her own, Engle evokes the voice of this book-loving feminist and abolitionist who bravely resisted an arranged marriage at the age of fourteen, and was ultimately courageous enough to fight against injustice. Historical notes, excerpts, and source notes round out this exceptional tribute. Read more

“Sierra, I want to be your friend.” ―Margaret Edson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Wit“Sierra Shuck-Sparer is one of the leading, young writers of her generation―this book will be part of her legacy.” ―Indya KincannonLady Sunflower is an achingly poignant collection written by Sierra Shuck-Sparer when she found herself grappling with the unimaginable: high-risk medulloblastoma. At the age of fifteen, Sierra was thrust into her harrowing battle against Gertrude (the name she gave her cancer). She faced relentless treatments and surgeries all while trying to retain her identity as a teenager heading into her college years. Sierra chronicled her journey through diagnosis, relapses, and treatment stages using a remarkable blend of heart-rending poetry, introspective essays and songs, zines, and curated playlists. This collection is a radiant call to raise awareness about pediatric cancer and a moving glimpse into Sierra’s humorous, heartbreaking, and sanguine view of the world around her. Read more

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