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poets who wrote young adult literature
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Berlie Doherty
Berlie Doherty (born 1943)

poet, librettist, playwright

  • Durham University, Upton Hall School FCJ
Holly Starcross
The vinegar jar
Granny was a buffer girl
Daughter of the Sea
Abela
Dear nobody
Willa and old Miss Annie
Street child
The snake-stone
Old Father Christmas
The famous adventures of Jack
Snowy
The Oxford Book of Bible Stories
White Peak Farm
The midnight man
Cinderella
Starburster
Spellhorn
Tilly Mint tales
Tricky Nellys Birthday Treat
Classic Fairy Tales
Children of Winter
The Humming Machine
The Windspinner
Bella's Den
Fairy Tales
Coconut Comes to School
Blue John
Deep Secret
The Forsaken Merman and Other Story Poems
Sailing Ship Tree
The Frog Prince
Tough luck
Paddiwak and Cosy
The Magical Bicycle
Lorna Doone
The Walker Book of Stories for 6+ Year Olds (Walker Treasuries)
The Making of Fingers Finnigan
The goblin baby
Valentines Day
Our Field
The Starburster Stories
Jinnie Ghost
How Green You Are!
Morgan's Field
Haunted
The golden bird
The Snow Queen (Everystory S.)
Treason
Jet scream
Runaway
The Nutcracker
Fireproof
ZZaap and the wordmaster
Why me?
COCONUT COMES TO SCHOOL
Animal stories
How Green You Are / Making of Fingers
Stormy Waters
Jeannie Of White Peak Farm
Tilly Mint and the Dodo
A Calf Called Valentine
Boss
Flirting with Danger
Running on Ice (Contents)
The company of ghosts
Famous Adventures of Jack
Tales of wonder and magic
De notenkraker
Essential Modern Classics - Spellhorn
Running on Ice
Deep Secret
Requiem
Paddiwak and Cozy
Aladdin
Far from Home
Haunted Hills
Monster in the Mirror
Jinnie Ghost
Sleeping Beauty in the Forest
Rumpelstiltskin
Frog Prince
Gambling Habit
Walking on Air
Street Child
Rapunzel
Snow White
Blue John
Wild Cat
Far from Home
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
Paddiwak and Cosy
The Wild Swans
Granny Was a Buffer Girl
Seamaiden's Odyssey
Fairy Tales
Jeannie of White Peak Farm
Dear Nobody
Nightmare Two Ghostly Tales
Nightmare : Two Ghostly Tales
Hansel and Gretel
Beauty and the Beast
Willa and Old Miss Annie
Story Chest (Story Chest S.)
Wild Swans
Rumpelstiltskin
Fairy Tales
Pack
Famille a secrets
Encantacornio
Profond secret
Rapunzel
Windspinner
Starburster
A beautiful place for a murder
Big bulgy fat black slugs
The three princes
Beauty and the beast
Hansel and Gretel
Cycle Star of Peeling Tower / Children of Winter
Winter Magic
Joe and the dragonosaurus
Sleeping beauty
Berlie Doherty Poster
The Berlie Doherty Author Pack
Cher inconnu
The Starburster Stories
Francesca Lia Block
Francesca Lia Block (born 1962)

editor, poet

  • University of California, Berkeley
How Beautiful the Ordinary
Primavera
Kisses From Hell
Weetzie Bat
Psyche in a dress
Zombies
The Urban Fantasy Anthology
Kisses from Hell
Wasteland
Necklace of Kisses
Ecstasia
Witch baby
The Island Of Excess Love
Blood Roses
Girl Goddess #9
Ruby
The Hanged Man
Violet & Claire
Echo
Missing Angel Juan
Beautiful boys
Rose and the Beast
Nymph
Quakeland
Dangerous Angels
Baby Be-Bop (Weetzie Bat)
The Frenzy
House of dolls
I Was a Teenage Fairy
Pink Smog
Pretty Dead
Guarding the Moon
The waters and the wild
How to (Un)cage a Girl
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Missing Angel Juan (Weetzie Bat)
Witch baby
The elementals
Zine scene
Wood nymph seeks centaur
Pocałunki z piekła
Open Letter to Quiet Light
Weetzie Bat (Charlotte Zolotow Book)
Weetzie Bat
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Dangerous Angels
My miserable life
Fairy Tales In Electricity
I was a teenage fairy
Love In The Time Of Global Warming
Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat)
The thorn necklace
Les petites déesses #9
Beyond the Pale Motel
ELEMENTALS
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Teen spirit
Love in the time of global warming
WITCH BABY (DANGEROUS ANGELS S.)
Kisses from Hell
Missing Angel Juan (Dangerous Angels)
Wasteland
Weetzie Bat (Dangerous Angels)
Violet und Claire
Wasteland
Echo
Die Leidenschaft des Surfers und andere erotische Fantasien
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Magische Schwestern. Die Weetzie- Bat- Bücher 1-3
Violet & Claire
Open letter to quiet light
Baby Be-Bop
Pink Smog
Pretty Dead
Psyche in a Dress
I Was a Teenage Fairy
Frenzy
Quakeland
Beautiful Boys
Love in the Time of Global Warming
Goat Girls
Waters and the Wild
Echo
Necklace of Kisses
Girl Goddess
Finding Your Way
Hanged Man
The elementals
Witch Baby
Violet and Claire
Roses and Bones
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Teen Spirit
Beyond the Pale Motel
Reading Group Guide Pack
Ruby
Dangerous Angels
House of Hearts
How to (Un)Cage a Girl
How to (un)cage a Girl
Teen Spirit
Rough Magick
Weetzie Bat
Engel in der Stadt. Chili
Rose and the Beast
Missing Angel Juan
Dead Girls
Weetzie Bat
I Was a Teenage Fairy
Frenzy
I Was a Teenage Fairy Reading Group Guide
House of Hearts
The Hanged Man Reading Group Guide
The Rose and the Beast
Blood Roses
Jef Aerts
Jef Aerts (born 1972)

poet, dramaturge, musician, performing artist

Núria Albó
Núria Albó (born 1930)

poet, teacher, politician

  • University of Barcelona
Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds (born 1983)

poet

  • University System of Maryland
Stamped
Long Way Down
All American Boys
For every one
Long Way Down
Ain't Burned All the Bright
Miles Morales
Long Way Down
Miles Morales 2 (W. T. )
The boy in the black suit
Lu
My name is Jason. Mine too
Look Both Ways
Stamped [adaptation]
Ghost
Take the Mic
Sunny
There Was a Party for Langston
When I was the greatest
Stuntboy, in the Meantime
Patina
Amazing Spider-Man
As Brave As You
As brave as you
Black Enough
Paul Robeson : No One Can Silence Me
Bigger Than Bravery
Miles Morales
Ghost
Jason Reynolds's Track Series Paperback Collection
Gio Swaby
Stuntboy, in-Between Time
Long Way Down
Hope nation
When I Was the Greatest
Tot per l'aire
Coole Nummer
Stamped Chapter Book
Ain't Burned All the Bright
LOOK BOTH WAYS
Stuntboy, in the Meantime
Miles Morales
Patina (Patty)
Patina
Stamped (for Kids)
Patina
Miles Morales Suspended
Patina (Spanish Edition)
Lu
Ghost
Boy in the Black Suit
Spider-Man. Miles Morales
Boy in the Black Suit
Long Way down
As Brave As You
My Name Is Jason. Mine Too
Stamped (in Spanish)
Patina
Lu
Stuntboy : el Superhéroe de Los Superhéroes / Stuntboy
Chicos Típicamente Americanos
Miles Morales
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now
Fantasma
Jason Reynolds's Track Series
Long Way Down
As Brave As You
Patina
Sunny
My Name Is Jason. Mine Too
Patina (Patina)
Patina
Fantasma
Lu (Spanish Edition)
Let goed op
Look Both Ways
Miles Morales
Sunny (Sunny)
For Every One
Demystifying Real Estate Investing
Hot Dogs Really Do Bark
Stamped
Sunny (Spanish Edition)
Harvey and Me : (or, How I Dealt with a 320-Day Mid-life Crisis)
Stuntboy, in Between Time
Stuntboy, in-Between Time
Oxygen Mask
Sunny
Miles Morales : Suspended
Fantasma (Ghost Spanish Edition)
When I Was the Greatest
All the Trees Are Lime Green
Lang pad onnetoe
Fantasma (Ghost)
Jacob's Ladder
67 seconden
Stuntboy, in the Meantime (Export)
Nava Semel
Nava Semel (1954-2017)

poet, translator, journalist, playwright

  • Tel Aviv University
Tone Seliškar
Tone Seliškar (1900-1969)

poet

Steven Herrick
Steven Herrick (born 1958)

poet, illustrator

  • University of Queensland