Coaltown Jesus

8 best books like Coaltown Jesus (Ron Koertge): Chasing Shadows, Dead Voices, Best Friends, Wade in the Water: Poems, Rhyme Schemer: (Book for Middle School Kids, Middle Grade Novel, In Verse Novel for Boys), Jinx, Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond, Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Chasing Shadows

Author

Swati Avasthi

Before: Corey, Holly, and Savitri are one unit—fast, strong, inseparable. Together they turn Chicago concrete and asphalt into a freerunner’s jungle gym, ricocheting off walls, scaling buildings, leaping from rooftops to rooftop.

But acting like a superhero doesn’t make you bulletproof…

After:...

Dead Voices

Author	Katherine Arden
ISBN	0593106490

Bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Small Spaces.

Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and Brian...

Best Friends

Author

Shannon Hale

Sequel to Shannon Hale's award-winning graphic novel memoir, "Real Friends", this new graphic memoir picks up where "Real Friends" left off. As Shannon grows a little older, the rules of friendship always seem to be changing, leaving her guessing and trying her best to just keep up. "Best Friends"...

Wade in the Water: Poems

Author

Tracy K. Smith

Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize
Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection

The extraordinary new poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, the Poet Laureate of the United States Even the men in black armor, the ones
Jangling handcuffs and keys, what elseAre they...

Rhyme Schemer: (Book for Middle School Kids, Middle Grade Novel, In Verse Novel for Boys)

Author

K.A. Holt

Kevin has a bad attitude. He's the one who laughs when you trip and fall. In fact, he may have been the one who tripped you in the first place. He has a real knack for rubbing people the wrong way--and he's even figured out a secret way to do it with poems. But what happens when the tables are turned and he is the...

Jinx

Author	Margaret Wild
ISBN	0689871171

Do not get to know me. Do not ask me out. Do not love me. Be warned!Jinx doesn't start out as Jinx -- at first she's dull, safe, boring Jen. Jen who always hands her homework in on time, Jen who never stays out late, Jen who can always be counted on. When Jen's first boyfriend dies, she thinks she's unlucky...until...

Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond

Author	Lilly Ledbetter
ISBN	0307887928

The courageous story of the woman at the center of the historic discrimination case that inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act--her fight for equal rights in the workplace, and how her determination became a victory for the nation.
 
Lilly Ledbetter was born in a house with...

Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Author	Gareth Hinds
ISBN	0763681121

In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe s best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format.
It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?
In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend...