Novels in Verse

  • The Lonely Book

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    A warm and loving story about how a non-binary person comes to understand and accept themselves by an award-winning queer author.

    Every morning, when Annie’s moms open up their bookshop, there’s a pil

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    • Author: Grehan, Meg
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: September 12 2023
    • ISBN10: 1915071445
    • Language: English
  • All He Knew

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    A 2021 Scott O’Dell Award Winner
    A Society of Midland Authors Winner in Children’s Fiction
    A Bank Street Best Book of the Year 2021

    A novel in verse about a young deaf boy during World War II, the siste

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    • Author: Frost, Helen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: August 11 2020
    • ISBN10: 0374312990
    • Language: English
  • When the Mapou Sings

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    Infused with magical realism, this story blends first love and political intrigue with a quest for justice and self-determination in 1930s Haiti.

    Sixteen-year-old Lucille hopes to one day open a schoo

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    • Author: Pinede, Nadine
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: December 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536235660
    • Language: English
  • Standing on Neptune

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    Am I pregnant?

    This question shatters the peace of seventeen-year-old Brooke Palinder’s life one Monday morning when she realizes her period is late. Although shaken, she is determined to hide her fee

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    • Author: Sherrard, Valerie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: April 18 2023
    • ISBN10: 1770866876
    • Language: English
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress: A Poetic Retelling of John Bunyan’s Classic Tale

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    John Bunyan’s Bestseller as You’ve Never Experienced It Before

    Did you know that John Bunyan’s timeless tale, ThePilgrim’s Progress, is the best selling book in history aside from the Bible, captivat

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    • Author: Brasseur, Rousseaux
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: September 01 2020
    • ISBN10: 0736979484
    • Language: English
  • Only on the Weekends

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    From the Stonewall Award-winning author of The Black Flamingo comes a romantic coming-of-age novel in verse about pursuing the love we know we deserve. The ideal next read for fans of Kacen Callender,

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    • Author: Atta, Dean
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 560
    • Publish Date: May 24 2022
    • ISBN10: 0063157985
    • Language: English
  • Audacity

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    A 2015 National Jewish Book Award finalist

    The inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history

    A gorgeously told novel in verse w

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    • Author: Crowder, Melanie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: January 05 2016
    • ISBN10: 0147512492
    • Language: English
  • Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse

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    Triple Crown Awards’ 2017-2018 Gallery Honor

    “Just the thing for readers with a burgeoning interest in poetry–or angling.”–Publishers Weekly

    Nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad. So when h

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    • Author: Wissinger, Tamera Will
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: March 24 2015
    • ISBN10: 0544439317
    • Language: English
  • If I Tell You the Truth

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    Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Rupi Kaur, this heartrending story told in prose, poetry, and illustration weaves together the stories of a mother and daughter’s lives.

    In this stunning sopho

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  • One

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    Winner of the Carnegie Medal * Winner of the YA Book Prize * Winner of the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Award

    Tippi and Grace share everything–clothes, friends . . . even their body. Writ

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    • Author: Crossan, Sarah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: October 17 2017
    • ISBN10: 0062118765
    • Language: English
  • Ronit & Jamil

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    Pamela L. Laskin’s beautiful and lyrical novel in verse delivers a fresh and captivating retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that transports the star-crossed lovers to the modern-day Israel-Pa

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    • Author: Laskin, Pamela L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: February 21 2017
    • ISBN10: 006245854X
    • Language: English
  • Every Body Looking

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    A Finalist for the National Book Award

    When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it’s the first time she’s ever been so far from her family–and the first time that s

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    • Author: Iloh, Candice
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: September 22 2020
    • ISBN10: 0525556206
    • Language: English
  • La Rebelión de Rima Marín (Rima’s Rebellion): El Valor En Tiempos de Tiranía

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    De la autora premiada Margarita Engle, una inspiradora novela de formación sobre una niña que se enamora por primera vez mientras encuentra el coraje para protestar por el derecho al voto de las muj[more below]

    • Author: Engle, Margarita
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: April 19 2022
    • ISBN10: 1534499873
    • Language: Spanish
  • Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc

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    “Stunning . . . . elegant . . . . arresting . . . . supple and harrowing.” —Wall Street Journal

    Best-selling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a

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    • Author: Elliott, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: March 02 2021
    • ISBN10: 0358452082
    • Language: English
  • Fly

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    A novel in free verse about a middle schooler who discovers he’s not the only one grappling with the imperfections of the world.

    In this powerful novel in free verse, Felix Landon Yarrow (F.L.Y., or

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    • Author: Hughes, Alison
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 200
    • Publish Date: October 04 2022
    • ISBN10: 1525305832
    • Language: English
  • Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

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    Turned away from the shores of New York, a young Jewish boy seeks refuge in Cuba during WWII. Here in this tropical sanctuary, so far away from Germany, will he be safe from Nazi influence?

    A stunnin

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    • Author: Engle, Margarita
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: December 12 2017
    • ISBN10: 1250129818
    • Language: English
  • The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party

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    In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history’s most harrowing–and chilling–tales of survival.

    In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California

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    • Author: Wolf, Allan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: October 18 2022
    • ISBN10: 1536228192
    • Language: English
  • Alas Salvajes (Wings in the Wild)

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    Ahora disponible in español!

    Los seres alados han de ser libres.

    Y también lo han de ser los artistas, pero el gobierno cubano ha criminalizado cualquier arte que no tenga su aprobación. Soleida y

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    • Author: Engle, Margarita
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: April 18 2023
    • ISBN10: 1665927712
    • Language: Spanish
  • African Town

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    Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.

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    In 1860, long after the United States outlawed

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    • Author: Waters, Charles
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: January 24 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593322908
    • Language: English
  • Love That Dog

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    The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, brings readers a story with enormous heart.

    Love That Dog shows how one boy named Jack finds his voice with the help of a teacher, a

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    • Author: Creech, Sharon
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: July 24 2001
    • ISBN10: 0060292873
    • Language: English
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