"Featuring poems, prose, and truisms, When the Stars Wrote Back shines a light on the parts of ourselves we thought were lost in the dark and implores us to trust ourselves and take up the space we deserve. With her trademark honesty, bestselling and award winning poet Trista Mateer explores the intricacies of love, loss, trauma, heartbreak, and loneliness in this powerful collection" -- Back cover.

Poet Gary Soto captures the voices of young people as they venture toward their first kiss, brood over bruised hearts, and feel the thrill of first love.

A collection of poems about the experiences of young people and a section with information about how each poem was written to enable readers to create their own original poems.

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of ... groundbreaking...