Teen Novels in Verse
For National Poetry Month, here are eleven terrific titles in verse. (Created March 2022)
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Chlorine Sky
Skyy feels all alone after her best friend's boyfriend calls her an ugly name, but her sudden freedom gives her the chance to find out who she is and why she is worthy of love.
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Alma Presses Play
Alma is finishing middle school, witnessing her parents' divorce, falling in and out of love, and trying to figure out where her life is going in 1982 New York.
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Muted
Dali, Denver, and Shak struggle to enter the music business, so when they meet Mercury, they fall easily for his offers of help, but also his manipulation.
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Home Is Not A Country
Nima wishes her father were still alive, her mother hadn't brought them to America, her name was different, and she wasn't so lonely. What if she disappeared and her real self appeared?
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The Seventh Raven
Robyn and his six brothers are cursed to become ravens after their sister is born nearly dead. Can Robyn and his sister April save them from their father's curse?
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Lawless Spaces
For her sixteenth birthday, Mimi's mother gives her a blank diary just before she accuses a Hollywood coworker of sexual assault and disappears.
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If I Tell You the Truth
Kiran emigrates to Canada, pregnant with Sahaara, the daughter of her would-be brother-in-law. Years later, can Sahaara find justice for her mother and peace for them both?
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African Town
In 1860, fourteen Africans were kidnapped from their homes and brought to America illegally to win a bet. Hear their voices of resilience, strength, and a longing to find or build a new home.
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Me (Moth)
Moth and Sani share deep personal pain, so when Sani drives them west to his Navajo family's home, they both have a chance to heal.
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Call Me Athena, Girl From Detroit
Mary, the American daughter of French and Greek parents, wants independence, true love (not an arranged marriage), and the opportunity to start her own business during the Depression. How can her dreams triumph?
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