Your Life in Verse
 The Brimstone journals by Koertge, Ronald.   The Brimstone journals
Koertge, Ronald.
In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the ...
 
 Stop pretending : what happened when my big sister ... by Sones, Sonya.   Stop pretending : what happened when my big sister went crazy
Sones, Sonya.
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdow ...
 
 Song of the sparrow by Sandell, Lisa Ann.   Song of the sparrow
Sandell, Lisa Ann.
In fifth-century Britain, nine years after the destruction of their home on the island of Shalott br ...
 
 Shark girl by Bingham, Kelly L., 1967-   Shark girl
Bingham, Kelly L., 1967-
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring arti ...
 
 One of those hideous books where the mother dies by Sones, Sonya.   One of those hideous books where the mother dies
Sones, Sonya.
Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's gra ...
 
 Crank by Hopkins, Ellen.   Crank
Hopkins, Ellen.
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. ...
 
 Sold by McCormick, Patricia, 1956-   Sold
McCormick, Patricia, 1956-
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the ...
 
 What my girlfriend doesn't know by Sones, Sonya.   What my girlfriend doesn't know
Sones, Sonya.
Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for "loser," an ...
 
 Impulse by Hopkins, Ellen.   Impulse
Hopkins, Ellen.
Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada's Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicid ...
 
 I heart you, you haunt me by Schroeder, Lisa.   I heart you, you haunt me
Schroeder, Lisa.
"Ava can't see or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear his voice, except for the faint w ...
 
 Identical by Hopkins, Ellen.   Identical
Hopkins, Ellen.
Sixteen-year-old identical twin daughters of a district court judge and a candidate for the United S ...
 
 Because I am furniture by Chaltas, Thalia.   Because I am furniture
Chaltas, Thalia.
The youngest of three siblings, fourteen-year-old Anke feels both relieved and neglected that her fa ...
 
 Street love by Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-   Street love
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in w ...
 
 Walking on glass by Fullerton, Alma.   Walking on glass
Fullerton, Alma.
A teenage boy recounts, in a free verse journal, his attempts to come to terms with the realities of ...
 
 Far from you by Schroeder, Lisa.   Far from you
Schroeder, Lisa.
A novel-in-verse about sixteen-year-old Ali's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby s ...
 
 T4 : a novel in verse by LeZotte, Ann Clare.   T4 : a novel in verse
LeZotte, Ann Clare.
When the Nazi party takes control of Germany, thirteen-year-old Paula, who is deaf, finds her world- ...
 
 After the death of Anna Gonzales by Fields, Terri, 1948-   After the death of Anna Gonzales
Fields, Terri, 1948-
Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school st ...
 
 God went to beauty school by Rylant, Cynthia   God went to beauty school
Rylant, Cynthia
A novel in poems that reveal God's discovery of the wonders and pains in the world he has created.
 
 Ludie's life by Rylant, Cynthia   Ludie's life
Rylant, Cynthia
Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collectio ...
 
 Think again by Lawson, JonArno.   Think again
Lawson, JonArno.
"This collection of quietly beautiful and surprisingly humorous short poems reveals first love's unc ...
 
 Earth-shattering poems by   Earth-shattering poems
A collection of poems that capture intense experiences and emotions by such authors as Sappho, John ...
 
 Paint me like I am : teen poems from WritersCorps. by   Paint me like I am : teen poems from WritersCorps.
 
 Blue lipstick : concrete poems by Grandits, John.   Blue lipstick : concrete poems
Grandits, John.
 
 Falling hard : 100 love poems by teenagers by   Falling hard : 100 love poems by teenagers
 
 You don't even know me : stories and poems about b ... by Flake, Sharon.   You don't even know me : stories and poems about boys
Flake, Sharon.
Tow-Kaye just learned that the love of his life is pregnant--and though he knows what the right thin ...
 
 Things left unsaid : a novel in poems by Hemphill, Stephanie.   Things left unsaid : a novel in poems
Hemphill, Stephanie.
After a lifetime of conforming to the image of what her parents and high school friends want her to ...
 
 The Realm of possibility by Levithan, David.   The Realm of possibility
Levithan, David.
A variety of students at the same high school describe their ideas, experiences, and relationships i ...
 
 The Geography of girlhood by Smith, Kirsten.   The Geography of girlhood
Smith, Kirsten.
A novel written in verse follows Penny Morrow in her transition from middle school to high school as ...
 
 Rubber houses by Yeomans, Ellen, 1962-   Rubber houses
Yeomans, Ellen, 1962-
A novel in verse that relates seventeen-year-old Kit's experiences as her younger brother is diagnos ...
 
 Amiri and Odette : a dance for two by Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-   Amiri and Odette : a dance for two
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with be ...
 
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