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Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend. |
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Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates. |
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Chicks With Sticks: It's a Purl Thing by Elizabeth Lenhard
Four teenage girls from very different social cliques at their progressive Chicago high school become friends after forming a knitting club. |
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Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul by Kathy Murillo
Decorating with a Latin flair! |
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Dancing in Red Shoes by Dorian Cirrone
Sixteen-year-old Kayla, a ballet dancer with very large breasts, and her sister Paterson, an artist, are both helped and hindered by classmates as they confront sexism, conformity, and censorship at their high school for the arts while still managing to maintain their sense of humor. |
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Digital Photo Madness!: 50 Weird and Wacky Things to Do With Your Digital Camera by Thom Gaines
Point, shoot, create! |
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Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family. |
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Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts by Troy Lanier
Serious about filmmaking? This is the book. It even has a clever title! |
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Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt by Megan Nikolay
Got a boring closet? Fix it... with a book! |
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Knitgrrl: Learn to Knit With 15 Fun and Funky Projects by Shannon Okey
Knitting for the adventurous teen. |
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Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics by Christopher Hart
You've read manga; now create it! |
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Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat by Megan Carle
'cus you can only eat so much PB&J. |
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The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil
Comics have words and pictures. This is a book about the words. |
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The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
This is a compilation of four books from the graphic novel series. |
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True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall by Mark Salzman
Chronicles the author's first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders. |
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Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg
Forget piercing, this guy took the whole ear! |
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Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine? by Mark Todd
It's time you wrote a zine. Just... just trust me: it's time. |
