Authorship

Comic book artist Daniel Stone, a stay-at-home dad with a fourteen-year-old daughter Trixie, and an unfaithful wife, turns a blind eye to Trixie's first broken heart and wife Laura's affair, but the f

Acquaintance rape, Authorship, Comic books, strips, etc, Domestic fiction, Fathers and daughters

FIC
PIC

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

David Lubar

While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.

Authorship, Brothers, Conduct of life, fiction, High schools

FIC
LUB

Bad Boy

Walter Dean Myers

Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a write

1937-, 20th century, African American authors, African Americans, Authors, American

B
MYERS

Inkheart

Cornelia Caroline Funke

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to forc

Authorship, Bookbinding, Books and reading, Characters in literature, fiction

FIC
FUN

Seeing the Blue Between

Several American poets offer advice to young people who are interested in writing poetry. There are also several examples of each poet's work.

American poetry, Authorship, Children's poetry, American, Collections, Creative writing

811
SEE

A Poetry Handbook

Mary Oliver

Discusses the structure, forms, and craft of poetry.

American poetry, Authorship, English language, English poetry, Handbooks, manuals, etc

808.1
OLI

The Invisible Ladder

Features such poets as Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Nikki Giovanni, and Galway Kinnell by including photos, selections of their work, and comments on their poetry.

20th century, American poetry, Authorship, Biography, Collections

811
INV