Showing posts with label novels in verse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novels in verse. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins out today!

Ellen Hopkins is known for her popular novels in verse about issues affecting teens, including Crank, Impulse, and last year's Perfect. I like her style of writing and how she often tells a story from the points of view of several characters. Whenever I read an Ellen Hopkins book, I really feel and understand what a character is going through, which, at times, can be very painful.

Tilt is another book in which the reader hears the story from several characters. In this case, teenangers Shane, Mikayla, and Harley talk about their relationships and love.

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Novels in verse: New!

SkateFate by Juan Felipe Herrera

Lucky Z, a Chicano foster child, loved living on the edge until a drag racing accident left him in a wheelchair, but as he struggles to find his place in a new high school, he begins writing poetry everywhere about anything, and in finding his voice he also discovers the beauty around him.
Love & Leftovers by Sarah Tregay

When her father starts dating a man, fifteen-year-old Marcie's depressed mother takes her to New Hampshire but just as Marcie starts falling for a great guy her father brings her back to Idaho, where all of her relationships have become strained.
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.