TEEN "NOVELS IN VERSE"
Discover the Power of Poetry in Telling a Story

• After the death of Anna Gonzales by Terri Fields
  High school students, teachers and school staff react to a student suicide.
   
• Girl coming in for a landing by April Halpern Wayland
  The story of the ups and downs in the life a high school girl.
   
• Jinx by Margaret Wild
  Jen nicknames herself Jinx after two of her boyfriends die.
   
• Keesha's House by Helen Frost
  The dramatic stories of six troubled teens finding a safe place to stay.
   
• Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
  Lonnie writes about his life in foster care after his parents die.
   
• Loose threads by Lorie Ann Grover
  Kay's life in junior high and her grandmother's battle with breast cancer.
   
• Out of the dust by Karen Hesse
  Live the Depression era hardships of the dust bowl in Oklahoma.
   
• Shakespeare bats cleanup by Ron Koertge
  A fourteen-year old baseball star develops a taste for writing poetry.
   
• Split Image: a story on poems by Mel Glenn
  The opinions of students, the librarian, parents, the principal about this seemingly perfect teen and her life in and out of school.
   
• True believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
  In this sequel to Making Lemonade, LaVaughn grows up and rises to life's challenges.
   
• What my mother doesn't know by Sonya Sones
  Sophie's mother doesn't know about the three guys in her life.

 STORIES FOR GRADE 7

• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
  Are long-hidden, incomplete instructions the only clue to an exit door from a disintegrating city?
   
• East by Edith Pattou
  In exchange for health & prosperity for her family, Rose goes with a white bear to a distant castle. Adventure and personal insight await her.
   
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  Eragon finds a dragon's egg and discovers that the fate of the empire is now in his hands.
   
• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
  An evil villain tries to force Meg's father to use his ability to "read" people and objects out of books.
   
• Keys to the Kingdom – Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix
  This spellbinding adventure series continues with Arthur trying to get the second Key from Grim Tuesday in order to save his family.
   
• Maggie's Door by Patricia Riley Giff
  The sequel to Nory Ryan's Song follows an Irish family fleeing to America to escape the potato famine.
   
• Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn
  Will Michael come to the aid of the person charged with the murder of his stepfather, his mother?
   
• Wizards of the Game by David Lubar
  Aliens and religious zealots complicate Mercer's plans to help a local charity with a gaming convention at his junior high school.
   
• The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick
  In this adventure Skiff battles the sea to earn extra money to help put his family back on its feet.

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