Poetry Books by Ronald Koertge
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2004-01-01
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives. Jr Lib Guild. Reprint.
Publisher: Scholastic
Published Date: 1996
Categories: High schools
Tony has plenty of conversational material when he calls the confession phone number, after his mother's fourth husband dies and he finds himself attracted to a wacky girl who wears a black dress with padlocks.
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Published Date: 2009-02-20
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
When Kevin Boland, 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. Reprint.
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
Published Date: 1994
Categories: California
Jesse has learned everything from his grandfather, but when Pappy starts insisting he has seen tiger marks in the hills, Jesse is sure that his grandfather has gone over the edge and worries that his mom will send Pappy to a nursing home.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published Date: 1997
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In Making Love to Roget's Wife, Ron Koertge offers his best work from twenty-three years and a dozen earlier collections. With twenty-five new poems, and over eighty from previous books, this selection reawakens us to the presence of a superbly honed comic voice.
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Poetry
The eclectic, witty, and often moving new collection of poems by acclaimed pop iconographer Ron Koertge.
Publisher: Flare
Published Date: 1993
Categories: Fathers and sons
Fourteen-year-old Graham is looking forward to another summer helping at Mariposa Downs, but his pal Leslie has turned into a girl over the space of a year, and he wonders if he can handle the changes. Reprint.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2013
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Praying for help after the sudden death of his brother, Walker is astonished by the appearance of an irreverent Jesus in his bedroom who imparts unexpected strength and comfort while helping him understand some of life's biggest questions.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2012
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
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.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Date: 2007
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Larry, Teresa, and Elliot, three troubled high school seniors who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are and who they want to be. Reprint.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2008
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Sleepwalking through life since his younger sister died of cancer two years earlier, Ryan finds reasons to start living his life when he begins visiting a beautiful classmate who falls into a coma after a riding accident.
Publisher: Flare
Published Date: 1994-09
Categories: Fathers and sons
Fifteen-year-old Gabriel is continually embarrassed by his teacher/writer father, but when he goes to live with him in Los Angeles in an apartment complex full of unusual characters, Gabriel gains new insights into himself and his father.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2006-08
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Margaux, known as a "tough chick" at her Los Angeles high school, makes a connection with Danny, who, like her, struggles with the emotional impact of family violence and abuse.
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Published Date: 2006
Categories: Poetry
Ron Koertge can elevate the ordinary places of America--the backyard, the classroom, the mall--into scenes of mock-epic significance. He can just as easily lower the mythic worlds of Superman, Ozymandias and Cinderella to a level just a few inches above the bathetic. And he does all this with a charming combination of wit and empathy, satire and sweetness.--Billy Collins.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2005
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Billy spends the summer with his gay uncle in Tucson and works at a racetrack, where he falls in love with an outspoken horse exerciser named Cara Mae.
Publisher: Walker
Published Date: 2006-01
Categories: Bildungsromans
Lately life has not been easy for Walker. His father has died, his girlfriend has moved away and the family finances are in shambles. Finally, Walker has a date with Rachel, and his mother has announced she's getting a job. She is going to be a stripper! This is a hilarious novel about the perils and rewards of friendship, family and romance.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published Date: 2007
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Recently orphaned, sixteen-year-old Ted O'Connor is sent to a foster home
