Ronald Koertge
Author
Series
Shakespeare bats cleanup volume 1
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
Author
Series
Shakespeare bats cleanup volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland, poet and first baseman, is torn between his cute girlfriend Mira and Amy, who is funny, plays Chopin on the piano, and is also a poet.
7) Strays
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Sixteen-year-old Ted's parents just died in a fiery car crash, and now he's stuck with a set of semi-psycho foster parents, two foster brothers, and an inner-city school full of delinquents sure to eat him alive. He's having the worst year of his life.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Free-verse reveals true stories behind well-known fairy tales, some reset in modern times, as a strung-out match girl sells CDs to drug users, Little Red Riding Hood admits that she wanted to know what it is like to be swallowed whole, and Cinderella's stepsisters are duped.
11) Boy girl boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are who they want to be.
12) Sadie's story
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When her two best friends take a vacation without her, nine-year-old Sadie meets a witch who takes her on a bird-watching adventure. Includes birding tips.