Good Reads
Poetic Novels: Teen Books in Verse
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Bronx Masquerade By Grimes, Nikki Check Our Catalog Winner - 2003 Coretta Scott King Award |
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By the River By Herrick, Steven Check Our Catalog |
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Heartbeat By Creech, Sharon Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title |
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Locomotion By Woodson, Jacqueline Check Our Catalog CCBC Choices - 2004 |
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Make Lemonade By Wolff, Virginia Euwer Check Our Catalog Winner - 1993 Golden Kite Award - Fiction |
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Out of the Dust By Hesse, Karen Check Our Catalog CCBC Choices - 1997 |
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Shark Girl By Bingham, Kelly L. Check Our Catalog Tayshas Reading List 2008-2009
Fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood struggles through a physical loss to the start of acceptance in this absorbing, artful novel which is at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive. ...More |
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Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Roadtrip By High, Linda Oatman Check Our Catalog This inspiring coming-of-age story introduces 17-year-old Laura Crapper, a "slam" poet who with her best friend hits the road for New York City. Once there, the girls and their fresh style of poetry take the city by storm. Told entirely in Laura's in-your-face slam poetry style. ...More |
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The Realm of Possibility By Levithan, David Check Our Catalog 2005 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection |
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Trash By Darrow, Sharon Check Our Catalog Two teen siblings run from foster life -- and find new expression as graffiti artists -- in a stark but hopeful poetic novel. |
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Walking on Glass By Fullerton, Alma Check Our Catalog In the tradition of Karen Hesse's "Out of the Dust," Fullerton's free-verse novel gives voice to an important, if controversial, issue in this story about a young man who wrestles with a horrifying decision: whether or not to turn off the machines that are keeping his mother alive. ...More |
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