Verse Novel


The Poet X
Long Way Down
Brown Girl Dreaming
The Crossover
Inside Out & Back Again
Starfish
Clap When You Land
Love That Dog (Jack, #1)
Punching the Air
Other Words for Home
Booked (The Crossover, #2)
Red, White, and Whole
Alone
Solo
Crank (Crank, #1)
Starfish by Lisa FippsRed, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRoccaMorning Fuel by Rebecca Faye Smith GalliAlone by Megan E. FreemanMuted by Tami Charles
Novel in Verse - 2021
26 books — 27 voters
Crank by Ellen HopkinsI Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa SchroederIdentical by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen Hopkins
YA Novels in Verse
289 books — 315 voters

October Mourning by Lesléa NewmanNix Minus One by Jill MacLeanGarvey's Choice by Nikki GrimesNothing by Robin FriedmanSharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Verse Novels for Boys
44 books — 10 voters
May B. by Caroline Starr RoseThe Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiEnemies in the Orchard by Dana VanderLugtYellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Historical Fiction Verse Novels
10 books — 9 voters

Perfect by Ellen HopkinsCrank by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen Hopkins
The Verse Challenge
110 books — 89 voters
The Song of Us by Kate FussnerBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonStarfish by Lisa FippsOther Words for Home by Jasmine WargaEmmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
Middle Grade Novel-in-Verse
102 books — 29 voters

alone, nudity being carved from exposure, yet detached from its source, like Rafael’s need for the one baring his body for the thrill of disappearing inside himself, to come out on the other side as someone else.
Neil Czeszejko, Between His Teeth, Clenched

Elayna Mae Darcy
Mom and Dad called me Moonlight, the brightest thing in their sky on their darkest nights. It always sounded so pretty, but the real me is more rough around the edges.
Elayna Mae Darcy, Still the Stars

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