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The article discusses books her female eighth-grade students like to read and presents comments from their reading journals. Books discussed include "Oathbreakers," by Mercedes Lackey, "Hawkmistress!" by Marion Zimmer Bradley, "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The girls seem to have taken to heart the feminist lessons from their favorite books. They dislike the teen magazine "Seventeen."

The article focuses on an initiative wherein eighth grade students from a Brookline, Massachusetts, school, engaged in reading picture books to children in a local Head Start program. The eighth graders expressed concerns about their transitions to high school and the ambiguous nature of their own literature. The author utilized a grant in order to provide books for the students to read to the Head Start classroom.

The article discusses how teachers and authors can help cultivate an understanding and appreciation of poetry among pre-teens and teenagers. The author presents some of the poems from her eighth grade students class project, a poetry anthology. The article also discusses the need for creative books for young adults and children.

The article presents a teacher's experiences with teaching poetry to eighth-grade students. Article topics include how poems about adolescence found their way into literary anthologies, topics relevant to adolescence, and American society. The teacher reflects on how the students felt about poetry, as well as what the students brought in for work. Featured poets include Maya Angelou, Eve Merriam, Robert Frost, Shel Silverstein, and Langston Hughes.

The article focuses on the author's experience of teaching a student who turned to books to escape from an abusive home life. The author visited the student in the hospital and was surprised when she was asked if she could bring books in for her to read. Details are given for the author's choice of books to give her including "Jackaroo," by Cynthia Voigt and "The Snows of Jaspre," by Mary Caraker.

The article focuses on the interaction between student readers of a book and the book's subtext. The author suggests that young adult literature allows students to interact with the characters, plot, and themes, and allows them to respond to those elements. The author presents passages from books such as "Killing Mr. Griffin," "The Drawing of the Three," and "Three Sisters," to which students respond.