Abdul's story by Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah 

BTSB Prebound(Salaam Reads, 2022)

BTSB #: 855912 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 540 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Creative writing - Fiction Authorship - Fiction Handwriting - Fiction Muslims - Fiction

Summary: Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.

Betrayal by the book [Swallowtail Legacy Volume: Book 2]by Beil, Michael D. 

BTSB Prebound(Pixel+Ink, 2023)

BTSB #: 104978 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
F&P: Y

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Islands - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction Mystery fiction Homicide - Fiction

Summary: When a famous writer comes to Swallowtail Island, panic ensues when her assistant mysteriously dies-but when the clues suggest there's more to the story, young sleuth Lark is on the case.

Happily ever afters by Bryant, Elise 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 164402 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-16   
AR: 5.2 UG

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Teenagers - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction Anxiety - Fiction

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She's rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she's a true leading lady is in her own writing--in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend. When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she's excited to finally let her stories shine.

Song for Harlem [Scraps Of Time]by McKissack, Pat 

Paperback(Viking, 2007)

BTSB #: 628263 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3 3-5 Lexile: 590 F&P: Q

Genres:

Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction Harlem Renaissance - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: In 1928, Lilly Belle Turner participates in a young author's writing program in Harlem taught by Zora Neale Hurston.

Story of a story by Hopkinson, Deborah 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2021)

BTSB #: 463402 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: M

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Authorship - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction Creation (Literary, artistic, etc) - Fiction

Summary: A child struggles to write a story until he finds inspiration outside his window.

Unstuck by Dee, Barbara 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2024)

BTSB #: 268160 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.3 MG F&P: W

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Authorship - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Sisters - Fiction School stories

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lyla sets out to write the perfect fantasy novel in her creative writing class, but discovers some unexpected twists and turns, both on and off the page. Includes twenty-five ways to overcome writer's block.

Yasmin the writer [Yasmin]by Faruqi, Saadia 

Paperback(Picture Window Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 325540 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.5 LG Lexile: 530 F&P: K

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Heroes - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction School stories Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Pakistani Americans - Fiction Muslims - United States - Fiction

Summary: Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.