Poetry - Novels in Verse

Poetry with special appeal for tweens and teens.

Brains for lunch : a zombie novel in haiku?!
Brains for lunch : a zombie novel in haiku?!
by K. A Holt
exposed
exposed
by Kimberly Marcus
Fallout
Fallout
by Ellen Hopkins
The best and hardest thing
The best and hardest thing
by Pat Brisson
What my girlfriend doesn't know
What my girlfriend doesn't know
by Sonya Sones
Blue lipstick : concrete poems
Blue lipstick : concrete poems
by John Grandits
Bull
Bull
by David Elliott
Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir
Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings :…
by Margarita Engle
Bronx masquerade
Bronx masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
The rose that grew from concrete
The rose that grew from concrete
by Tupac Shakur
cinnamon girl :letters found inside a cereal box
cinnamon girl :letters found inside a…
by Juan Felipe Herrera
The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of…
by Margarita Engle
I just hope it's lethal : poems of sadness, madness, and joy
I just hope it's lethal : poems of…
Time you let me in : 25 poets under 25
Time you let me in : 25 poets under 25
Brown girl dreaming
Brown girl dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
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Honeybee : poems & short prose
Honeybee : poems & short prose
by Naomi Shihab Nye
The realm of possibility
The realm of possibility
by David Levithan
Out of the dust
Out of the dust
by Karen Hesse
The lightning dreamer : Cuba's greatest abolitionist
The lightning dreamer : Cuba's greatest…
by Margarita Engle
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