Novels in Verse

  • Alone

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    A New York Times bestseller!

    Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young gir

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    • Series: Alone
    • Author: Freeman, Megan E.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: January 12 2021
    • ISBN10: 1534467564
    • Language: English
  • Hummingbird Season

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    A poignant and necessary story about finding hope during difficult times, set in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Archie’s life–and the whole world–is turned upside down by Covid-19. Suddenl

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    • Author: Lucianovic, Stephanie V. W.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: February 13 2024
    • ISBN10: 1547612746
    • Language: English
  • Hate That Cat

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    Return to Miss Stretchberry’s class with Jack, the reluctant poet, who over the course of a year encounters new and challenging things like metaphors, alliterations, onomatopoeia, and one mean fat bla

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    • Author: Creech, Sharon
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: February 23 2010
    • ISBN10: 0061430943
    • Language: English
  • Aednan: An Epic

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    A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK – The winner of Sweden’s most prestigious literary award makes her American debut with an epic, multigenerational novel-in-verse about two Sç–¥i families and their quest to sta[more below]

    • Author: Axelsson, Linnea
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: 9-Jan-24
    • ISBN10: 0593535456
    • Language: English
  • All That Shines

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    A contemplative novel in verse that questions what it means to lose everything you once treasured and rediscover yourself, falling in love along the way.

    Chloe Brooks has only ever known what it’s lik

    • Author: Hagan, Ellen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: September 05, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1547610212
    • Language: English
  • Spin

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    A Chicago Public Library Teen-Approved Best Book of 2023

    “A powerful feminist retelling of an ancient tale about empathy and defiance, written in beautiful verse from a truly unique viewpoint.”Marg

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    • Author: Caprara, Rebecca
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: 28-Mar-23
    • ISBN10: 1665906197
    • Language: English
  • Bright Red Fruit

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    An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager’s journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and autho[more below]

    • Author: Elhillo, Safia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: February 06 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593381203
    • Language: English
  • Wings in the Wild

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    This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the “inspiring and hopeful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) love story of two teens fighting for c

    • Author: Engle, Margarita
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: April 18, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1665926368
    • Language: English
  • The Song of Us

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    This stunning debut and wholly original queer middle grade novel-in-verse retelling of “Orpheus and Eurydice” adds a new chorus to the songs of great love, perfect for fans of Other Words for Home and

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    • Author: Fussner, Kate
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: May 30 2023
    • ISBN10: 0063256940
    • Language: English
  • Long Way Down

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    A Newbery Honor Book
    A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
    A Printz Honor Book
    A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
    A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature
    Longlisted for the Nati

    • Author: Reynolds, Jason
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: October 24, 2017
    • ISBN10: 1481438255
    • Language: English
  • We Are All So Good at Smiling

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    They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about clinical depression and healing from trauma, from National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride.

    W

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    • Author: McBride, Amber
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: January 10 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250780381
    • Language: English
  • Me (Moth): (National Book Award Finalist)

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    FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE

    A debut YA novel-in-verse by Amber McBride, Me (Moth) is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family, and a teen

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    • Author: McBride, Amber
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: January 10 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250833035
    • Language: English
  • Solo

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    Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess is a New York Times bestseller! Kirkus Reviews said Solo is, “A contemporary hero’s journey, brilliantly told.” Through the story of a young Black man search

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    • Author: Alexander, Kwame
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: January 01, 1970
    • ISBN10: 0310761883
    • Language: English
  • An Impossible Thing to Say

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    The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in a bold novel-in-verse starring a Persian American teen navigating his first crush, his family’s post-9/11 dynamics, and the role of language in defining

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    • Author: Shahi, Arya
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: September 26 2023
    • ISBN10: 0063248352
    • Language: English
  • Rebound

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    From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, the dynamic prequel to his Newbery Award-winning novel in verse, The Crossover.

    Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up

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    • Series: Crossover
    • Author: Alexander, Kwame
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: May 04, 2021
    • ISBN10: 0358494834
    • Language: English
  • All the Fighting Parts

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    In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, Hannah V. Sawyerr’s All the Fighting Parts is an award-winning, searing, and defiant young adult novel in verse about reclaiming agency after a sexual assault with

    • Author: Sawyerr, Hannah V.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: September 19, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1419762613
    • Language: English
  • They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems

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    An award-winning novel in verse about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growing up on the border the only way that feels right–through poetry.

    They call him G?ero because of his

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    • Author: Bowles, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 24 2021
    • ISBN10: 0593462556
    • Language: English
  • Clap When You Land

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    In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiven

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    • Author: Acevedo, Elizabeth
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: July 05 2022
    • ISBN10: 62882775
    • Language: English
  • Good Different

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    A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book

    An extraordinary novel-in-verse for fans of Starfish and A Kind of Spark about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference.

    Selah

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    • Author: Kuyatt, Meg Eden
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: April 04, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1338816101
    • Language: English
  • Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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    New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book

    A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jas

    • Author: Warga, Jasmine
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: April 06, 2021
    • ISBN10: 0062747819
    • Language: English
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