By Ella and Lina
We love books in verse! Beautiful, lyrical, and absorbing, these are often some of our favorite stories, and the ones we remember most vividly years after we read them for the first time.
Here are seven of our favorite books in verse!
We love books in verse! Beautiful, lyrical, and absorbing, these are often some of our favorite stories, and the ones we remember most vividly years after we read them for the first time.
Here are seven of our favorite books in verse!
 | The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - Xiomara has learned to stay quiet, to hide her vulnerability behind her fists and ferocity. But when she's introduced to spoken-word poetry, she discovers a whole new world—one in which, perhaps, she can finally speak her truth. Read our full review here! |
| Wave by Diana Farid - Thirteen-year-old Ava lives for surfing with her best friend Phoenix, singing with her friends, and reading Rumi's poetry--the times when she feels like she truly belongs. When Phoenix's lymphoma resurfaces, she must draw on every bit of hope and resilience within her to help him fight for survival. Read our full review here, and our interview with the author here! |  |
 | Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga - When tensions rise dangerously in Jude's home city in Syria, she and her mother move to America, where she finds challenges, prejudice, and new friends--and a place which, slowly but surely, begins to feel like home. Read our full review here, and our interview with the author here! |
| Audacity by Melanie Crowder - When anti-Semitic violence forces Clara Lemlich's family to flee to America, she's stunned by the dreadful conditions young immigrant women face in the factories she's hired at. But involvement in the developing (and male-dominated) labor movement could put all her other aspirations--education, medical school--at risk. Read our full review here! |  |
 | Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson - In her verse autobiography, Jacqueline Woodson narrates her childhood growing up in the south, and her growing understanding of who she is and what she believes in. Read our full review here! |
| Moo by Sharon Creech - When Reena and her family move to Maine, she's none too pleased to be stuck caring for her neighbor's ornery cow--but maybe the irascible Zora will help her find a place in her new home. Read our full review here! |  |
 | Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido - Emmy has always loved music, but she's never found a way to make her own--not until she stumbles across the computer lab at her new school, and discovers that maybe coding can be music, too. Read our full review here, and our interview with the author here! |
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