Novels in Verse

The soaring debut YA verse-novel by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Manjeet Mann, and Dean Atta.Pen in one hand, on my wrist, a ticking clockI've got to make this work, just need a little luck...When fourteen-year-old Ronny's...

Powerful, compassionate and ultimately hopeful. ObserverWINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2021 and the Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week - a trailblazing novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds; The Crossing is a profound story of...

Praise for Run, Rebel - a Guardian best book of 2020: A tightly crafted series of punchy, often heartbreaking narrative poems . . . Mann's brilliant, coruscating verse novel lays out the anatomy of Amber's revolution, and the tentative first flowerings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of John Steptoe New Talent Award (New Author) 2022. Commended for William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781250833037Author Amber McBrideFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062912626Author Jasmin KaurFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 249g

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481498258Author Ellen HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 1184Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

PERIODS, SEX AND ONLINE SHAMING. AN EXTRAORDINARY VERSE NOVEL FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SEX EDUCATION AND SARAH CROSSAN.>> NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL>> SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 AMAZING BOOK AWARDS>> Featured...

"A heart-wrenching quest for identity every YA reader will relate to, and a deep dive into the meaning of family." -Ellen Hopkins, #1 New York Times bestselling authorDebut author Dante Medema explores the emotional fallout after a teenage girl discovers...

A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullied at school and who turns to boxing in an attempt to fight back; a story of hope and resilience breaking through even the most difficult situations.Lily...

"Jane Yolen is a phenomenon: a poet and a mythmaker, who understands how old stories can tell us new things."-Neil Gaiman You think you know this story. You do not. A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything...

A beautifully illustrated collection of nursery rhymes to treasure, and songs, poems and rhymes to share. Enjoy Irish favourites like 'Brian O'Linn' and 'I'll Tell Me Ma', classics such as 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean' and 'Monday's Child', silly...

Five starred reviews!Now in paperback, from New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You is an impassioned stand-alone tale of queer love, grief, and the complexity of female friendship.Two girls. One wild and...

Together with her older sister Estrella, she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. Sarai questions the society around her, her Boricua identity,...

The award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff.SHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie MedalWINNER of the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal and UKLA'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie...

A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullied at school and who turns to boxing in an attempt to fight back; a story of hope and resilience breaking through even the most difficult situations.Lily...

Silly, fantastical, romantic, thought-provoking... This stunning collection includes 101 classic poems that every child should read! Find Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Edward Lear, Emily Dickinson,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665906203Author Rebecca CapraraFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Enter the Body gives voice to a cast of the young women who die in Shakespeare's plays. Focusing on the stories of Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia, bestselling author of Blood Water Paint Joy McCullough brilliantly weaves retellings of Romeo and Juliet,...

Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR OLDERS READERSThis song has a grace note,a tiny note that's there for embellishmentbut can easily be ignored,not played.Tonight, I add it in -just because.We can all do with an extra noteof grace.Grace...

From #1 NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins comes a new heartbreaking young adult novel in verse about twins separated in the foster care system and the different paths their lives take.Seventeen-year-old twins Storm and Lake have always been in perfect...

Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess is a New York Times bestseller! Kirkus Reviews said Solo is, "A contemporary hero's journey, brilliantly told." Through the story of a young Black man searching for answers about his life, Solo empowers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Golden Kite (Young Adult Fiction) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780062662835Author Elizabeth AcevedoFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593381205Author Safia ElhilloFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Make Me a WorldPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Fiction or Poetry) 0000 and Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Fiction or Poetry) 2018 and National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.)...

Fans of Jandy Nelson and Marieke Nijkamp will love this deeply moving novel in verse about the aftermath of a gun accident.Life changes forever for Liv when her older brother, Jonah, accidentally shoots himself with his best friend Clay's father's gun...

Over the past five years, Mitra Esfahani has known two constants: her best friend Bea Ortega and The Book - a dogeared moleskin she and Bea have been filling with the stanzas of an epic, never-ending poem since they were 13. For introverted Mitra, The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595143846Author Cathy OstlereFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint RazorbillPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 441gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 139mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578276052Author Halsten S HutchingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Halsten Skold HutchingsPublisher Halsten Skold HutchingsWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534410459Author Juleah del RosarioFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 311gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611532593Author Linda Vigen PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Torchflame BooksPublisher Torchflame BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481459068Author Jeannine AtkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Atheneum Books for Young...

Five teens victimized by sex trafficking try to find their way to a new life in this riveting companion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Tricks from Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank. In her bestselling novel, Tricks, Ellen Hopkins introduced us to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534464964Author Margarita EngleFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Does it get better? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of bullying and forgiveness in this "strong and worthy" (Kirkus Reviews) novel.Matthew Turner knows it doesn't get better. His younger...

Does it get better? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of bullying and forgiveness with brilliant sensitivity and emotional resonance.Matthew Turner knows it doesn't get better. His younger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682633380Author R. M. RomeroFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Peachtree PublishersPublisher Peachtree Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Fiction or Poetry) 2018 and National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2018 and Michael L. Printz Award (Young Adult) 2019 and Pura...