An anthology of stories for teenagers explores the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M. E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, Jacqueline Woodson, and Virginia Euwer Wolff.

I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion

Children's Books

Nancy Springer

MARILYN SINGER

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Naomi Shihab Nye

JACQUELINE WOODSON

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Joyce Carol Thomas

Kyoko Mori

Gregory, Maguire

jennifer-armstrong

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins Childrens Books

Another Brooklyn

Hush

Gardners Books

Eleven-year-old Lonnie lives with Miss Edna, who is always telling him to be quiet. But there's a lot going on in Lonnie's head. His English teacher, Ms Marcus, encourages him to write everything down, quickly, before his thoughts disappear. So Lonnie writes in poetry, because it's short, and using the many different styles of poem they are learning in class, Lonnie describes his life - memories of his mama and daddy; the fire that claimed their lives; living in the Home with Miss Edna; his little sister Lili and her new family; Ms Marcus and school; race and religion. In the end, Lonnie finds his way forward through the loving care of those who surround him.

Locomotion (Puffin Teenage Fiction S.)

Puffin Books

Brown Girl Dreaming

Puffin

Coming On Home Soon

Lonnie's life changed forever when his parents died. He and his sister were separated and live very different lives on opposite sides of the city. But with the help of a teacher, Lonnie has found a new way to tell the world about his life. Lonnie has discovered he has a 'poet's heart' and despite the unhappiness and the grief he feels, hope is beginning to light the way..

Locomotion

New Windmills

We had a picnic this sunday past

scholastic

Product Details Paperback Publisher: Scholastic (2004) Language: English

This is a large (8 1/4" x 10 3/4") paperback book, beautifully illustrated in watercolor on Arches paper. It is wartime, and "colored women" are being hired in Chicago to fill in for the men who are off fighting. Ada Ruth is left with her grandmother while her mother takes a job washing trains. Ada Ruth watches for the postman and adopts a stray cat to fill the endless days until her mother finally writes that she will be "coming on home soon." It's a gently, almost poetically told story, and the watercolor illustrations are captivating...every time you look at one of them you see something more. I'd give this book a 10 on a scale from 1 to 10 for elementary age students, but it speaks to us older readers as well.

Coming on Home Soon

Scholastic. Inc.

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