youths' writings, american

An anthology of essays, poems, short fiction, and art by young American writers and artists, selected from the winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

A dissatisfied pig encourages all the pigs to leave the safety of their pigsty at Farmer Joe's to seek fun and thrills elsewhere, only to return when they experience danger as well.

Having escaped extermination when ruthless invaders colonized his planet, a space traveler wanders for many years and then returns to claim his world, changing the lives of seventeen-year-old Maran and her friends.

A collection of short stories on various topics, all written by American teenage writers in the tenth grade.

A collection of short fiction and personal narratives written by students in grades six to twelve.

Presents one hundred forty-eight poems written by teenagers that express a wide range of thoughts and feeling about parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, romantic relationships, and other topics of interest to teens.

A collection of poems and essays in which young Native Americans speak of their identity, their families and communities, rituals, and the harsh realities of their lives.

Collects twenty true stories that detail the experiences of teenagers dealing with issues concerning disabilities, and includes a related short story.