YA novels in verse
The Poet X
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
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The Art Of Taxidermy
A lyrical verse novel exploring love and grief and the strange and wonderful art of taxidermy.
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Moonrise
Joe hasn't seen his brother for ten years, and it's for the most brutal of reasons. Ed is on death row. But now Ed's execution date has been set, and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him, no matter what other...
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Another Night in Mullet Town
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Sister Heart
A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and, in the face of tragedy, finds strength in new friendships.
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Run
Run is an unmissable, pacey, paranoid thriller - genre fiction meets literary verse novel. Dee lives for two things: the physical/mental discipline of parkour, and the dystopic scenarios he invents to escape his mundane life.
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Out of This Place
Set in Australia and narrated in alternating points of view, this powerful novel from a talented new author offers an affecting look at the evolving lives of three friends.
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One
Despite problems at home, sixteen-year-old conjoined twins Tippi and Grace are loving going to school for the first time and making real friends when they learn that a cardiac problem will force them to have separation surgery,...
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Cinnamon Rain
Structured as a verse novel, Cinnamon Rain addresses topical issues such as friendship and family. Luke spends his days hanging out at the beach, working shifts at the local supermarket and trying to stay out of trouble at...
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Lonesome Howl
They say wolves don't live in this country, yet in the night Jake hears one howling, long and lonely.
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Formerly Shark Girl
It is now one year after the shark attack resulting in the amputation of Jane's right arm. Now her dream of becoming an artist is in jeopardy, and she finds herself wondering if she is now duty-bound to become a nurse.
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The Bogan Mondrian
A powerful and heart-stopping young adult novel from a master storyteller. This is Steven Herrick at his best.
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Shark Girl
A provocative portrait of one girl's journey following a near-fatal accident . . . Powerful without being maudlin or preachy.-- Publishers Weekly, starred review.
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The Realm of Possibility
A variety of students at the same high school describe their ideas, experiences, and relationships in a series of interconnected free verse stories.
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By the River
Fourteen-year-old Harry has a knack for wriggling out of trouble, but escaping the constraints and memories that keep him trapped is not easy, until it's a matter of life or death. This is a novel about the tough and tender sides...
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Silver People: A Tale from the Panama Canal
As the Panama Canal turns 100, Newbery Honor - winner Margarita Engle tells the story of its creation in this powerful new YA historical novel in verse. How can such a narrow bridge of land be so important? One hundred years ago,...
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Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses
Writing in free verse honed to a wicked edge, the incomparable Koertge ( Stoner & Spaz ) brings dark and contemporary humor to 20 iconic fairy tales, including OThe Little Match Girl, O OThe Twelve Dancing Princesses, O and...
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Poisoned Apples: Poems For You, My Pretty
A collection of free verse poems [that explores] how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, their friends--as consumers, as objects, as competitors. Based on classic fairy tale characters and fairy tale tropes,...
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Caminar
Contains glossary of Spanish words and Q&A with the author.
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Rumble
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Kiss of Broken Glass
One kiss of the blade was all it took to get 15-year-old Kenna sent to the psych ward for 72 hours. There she will face her addiction to cutting, but she may lose everythingNher friends, her freedom, and maybe even herself. In...
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And We Stay
Originally published New York: Delacorte Press, 2014
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Dating Down
Told in waves of poetry, Dating Down is a portrait of the exhilaration and pain of a fractious first love.
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The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy
Forgotten Girl, a fifteen-year-old poet, is going through the most difficult time of her life--the breakup of her parents, and her mom's resulting depression--when she meets Random Boy, a hot guy who, like her, feels like an...
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Skyscraping
In 1993 in New York City, high school senior Mira uncovers many secrets, including that her father has a male lover.
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Audacity
A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York --
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