6 Top poetry books like The Denim Diaries by Laurie Boyle Crompton

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The Denim Diaries

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Laurie Boyle Crompton’s coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and the New York City area in the 1970s…

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1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

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"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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2. If You'll Have Me

By: Eunnie

4.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Super sweet and totally heartwarming!”—Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper and Lovele… read more

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  • young adult
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3. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

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4. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

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5. Us

By: Sara Soler

4.37

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

¿Qué pasa cuando la vida que tenías asumida da un giro de 180 grados? Nada... Y también todo. Us es… read more

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6. Free Lunch

By: Rex Ogle

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a w… read more

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"I don't know why, but I don't trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot."

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

"On the back, it has the address, and says, free lunch! A chill runs up my spine. I don’t know why, but I don’t trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it cos…"

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

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7. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

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  • poetry
  • young adult
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8. Punching Bag

By: Rex Ogle

4.49

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated… read more

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  • young adult
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9. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

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  • poetry
  • young adult
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10. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

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  • poetry
  • young adult
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11. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

By: Gary Paulsen

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing memoir from three-time Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen—whose books have sol… read more

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"I got stuck in a toilet."

-Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

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12. The Last Girls Standing

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do, perfect for fans of One o… read more

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  • young adult
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13. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

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  • young adult
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14. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

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  • young adult
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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15. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

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  • poetry
  • young adult
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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16. Thin Air

By: Kellie M. Parker

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more

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  • young adult
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17. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

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  • poetry
  • young adult
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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18. The Denim Diaries

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Laurie Boyle Crompton’s coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and the New York City area in the 1970s… read more

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  • poetry
  • young adult
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19. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

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  • young adult
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20. A Tall Dark Trouble

By: Vanessa Montalban

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Practical Magic meets Erika L. Sanchez in this dazzling YA fantasy about a Cuban American family of… read more

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  • young adult
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21. Daughters of Oduma (Sisters of the Mud, #1)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters… read more

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  • young adult

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If You'll Have Me

Eunnie

4.44

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All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

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Punching Bag

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4.49

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Ari Tison

4.12

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3.96

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David Levithan

3.89

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Jacqueline Woodson

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