novels in verse

A novel-in-verse about sixteen-year-old Ali's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby sister, and the terror that ensues after they end up lost in the snow-covered woods.

Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.

A novel-in-verse about sixteen-year-old Ali's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby sister, and the terror that ensues after they end up lost in the snow-covered woods.

Through a series of poems, Rachel expresses her feelings about her parents' divorce, living without her mother, and her changing attitude towards her father.

A year after a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, sixteen-year-old Jane struggles to make a career choice and deal with family changes, along with her first real romance.

Ever since Walker's older brother Noah died, his mother has not been able to stop crying. Walker has questions for God, angry questions, wondering why if God really wanted to help him that he let Noah die in the first place. Walker is shocked when his prayer for help is answered with the arrival of Jesus himself, who seems a bit less reverent than Walker was expecting.

In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.

Presents in verse the story of Maria who wishes to become a glassblower but her father will not allow it and is instead given the responsibility of marrying into nobility. A new young glassblower arrives on the island of Murano and when Maria is drawn to him, her already existing web of emotions becomes even more complicated.

In a series of connected prose vignettes, Illinois farm boy Eddie Carl is forced to grow up quickly when his brother, Thomas, leaves to fly a bomber during World War II. Left beind, Eddie falls for red-headed Sarah and struggles to help a gypsy friend wrongly accused of arson.

"Sara and her father start to heal from her mother's death when a white kitten lands on their doorstep"--Provided by publisher.