Are you tired of reading the same old, same old? Do you want to try something new? How about reading novels in verse? The following books are written in a free-verse format. You can read them separately as a poem or read them together as a story.
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
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Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? by Mel Glenn
A murder mystery told in free verse poems, describing the reactions of students, colleagues, and others when high school teacher Mr. Chippendale, loved by some, hated by others, is shot as the school day begins.
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Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones
Crank by Ellen HopkinsKristina Snow's life is turned upside-down, when she visits her absentee father, gets turned on to the drug "crank", becomes addicted, and is lead down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her life.
Heartbeat by Sharon CreechAnnie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
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Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? by Mel GlennA murder mystery told in free verse poems, describing the reactions of students, colleagues, and others when high school teacher Mr. Chippendale, loved by some, hated by others, is shot as the school day begins.
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki GrimesWhile studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
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Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdown.
In a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives.
Keesha's House by Helen Frost
Seven teens facing such problems as pregnancy, closeted homosexuality, and abuse each describe in poetic forms what caused them to leave home and where they found home again.
Witness by Karen Hesse
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Learning to Swim by Ann TurnerA series of poems convey the feelings of a young girl whose sense of joy and security at the family's summer house is shattered when an older boy who lives nearby changes her life forever.
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Burned by Ellen Hopkins
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
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One of those hideous books where the Mother dies by Sonya SonesFifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
Jump Ball by Mel Glenn
Tells the story of a high school basketball team's season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers, and coaches.
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Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, trying to earn the money for college, takes a job caring for the two children of Jolly, a single teenage mom, and must find the courage to make the right decision for all of them after Jolly is fired.
True Believer by Virginia Euwer WolffLiving in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.
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Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Inspired by his teacher, Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and the death of his parents.
Split Image by Mel GlennA series of poems reflect the thoughts and feelings of various people-- students, the librarian, parents, the principal, and others-- about the seemingly perfect Laura Li and her life inside and out of Tower High School.
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Hard Hit by Ann Turner
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Hard Hit by Ann TurnerA rising high school baseball star faces his most difficult challenge when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada's Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicide connect with each other in a way they never have with their parents or anyone else in their lives.
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What my mother doesn't know by Sonya Sones
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What my mother doesn't know by Sonya Sones
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.
What my girlfriend doesn't know by Sonya SonesArtistic fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for "loser," so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie, her reputation plummets.
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We were really excited to start reading this book, but when we started it, we realized that this book was a lot different than what we thought it was going to be. This book is clearly written for the age group of 12-14 year olds; not high school students. Trying to read this book was a really difficult task because it was way below our reading level, so it wasn't entertaining. It wasn't a really challenging book and was written in verse, as in poem form. Overall, I didn;t really enjoy this book. It was a little too immature for me and the characters were too young to be interesting. I don't reccomend this book for high school students, but for seventh graders, it would be a great book.
Right from the beginning I noticed that this book wasn't up to my reading standards. It was meant to be for 12-14 year olds. Our group decided to keep reading and we found some symbols in the book. Although the reading level was not to our standards, we still found symbolic meaning to the novel and interesting comparisons made by the author. However, we weren't sure if younger kids would be able to extract as much as we did out of the book. It would be a good story to read to your younger child. I didnt really feel any emotion from this book usually a good book would make you feel some emotion but I remained bored after I finished it. I wouldn't tell my friends to read the book.
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