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Novels in Verse


Shark GirlBingham, Kelly
Shark Girl
In poems, letters, and newspaper clippings, we follow the story of Jane as she deals with a shark attack in which she loses her arm.

BeanballFehler, Gene
Beanball
In 119 pages, 28 different people tell what happen when Luke`Wizard` Wallace is hit in the face with a fastball.

On PointeGrover, Lorie Ann
On Pointe
Clare leaves her grandfather in order to attend a prestigious dance school. She lives and breathes ballet. Can she make it as a professional dancer? And what happens if she can’t?

Things left UnsaidHemphill, Stephanie
Things left Unsaid
Sarah has always been the good girl. But then she meets Robin, the new girl. And everything about Sarah changes until she is forced to figure out who she really is.

Seeing EmilyLee Wong, Joyce
Seeing Emily
16 year old Emily is a good student, a good artist, a good friend, and a good daughter. But her life seems a bit stifling and she wants to create a new Emily.

Heaven looks a lot like the MallMass, Wendy
Heaven looks a lot like the Mall
Tessa is in a coma after getting knocked out in gym class. Told in a series of poems, she finds herself revisiting important events in her life and discovering what it is she wants her life to be.

SoldMcCormick, Patricia
Sold
Taken from her home in Nepal, Lakshmi is sold as a sex slave to a brothel in India. A novel in poems, this illuminates a heartbreaking story of slavery in today’s world.

Weight of the SkySandell, Lisa Ann
Weight of the Sky
Sarah is a marching band geek and the only Jew in her class. Sarah jumps at the chance to spend a summer in Israel and escape her world, only to find that sometimes home is a good place to be.

Far from YouSchroeder
Far from You
It’s been years since Alice’s mother died of cancer. She struggles to ignore her father’s new wife and their new baby, until she is forced to help when they get lost in a snowstorm.

What my mother doesn’t knowSones, Sonya
What my mother doesn’t know
Told in poem form, 15 year old Sophie discusses her first love, her second love, her third love, her friends and her parents

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