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Review: Poetic Passages in Shatter Me Make For Powerful Read

Juliette’s touch can kill. That’s why she was locked up in a cell after she accidentally killed a toddler. But

Firemen are known for their work putting out flames and saving people and homes. But if instead – what if

Coretta Scott King Award winning book Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry is a compilation of stanzas and excerpts

When the world is separated by different societal groups who each have their own morals, Tris learns that she is

You’ve probably read or heard about the bestselling novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. In her latest novel,

One of my favorite types of writing is verse. I’ve always liked poetry, having read Emily Dickinson and Shel Silverstein

Seventh-grader Pippa is a funny, quirky, and kind young girl who earns a scholarship to a fancy private school because

Many kids like to make up their own languages, and communicate with their friends or siblings in their newfound dialect.

According to a legend, there is a beautiful place where enchanted forest paths lie and gentle laughter floats like bells

Note From Elena Reads: My younger brother has been really getting into the Big Nate graphic novel series, so I