EPL Picks - Teen - Verse Novels
Annotation:A verse portrait of Sylvia Plath, a young American poet who died by her own hand in 1963 and passed into myth. Grade 8 - 12
Place a Hold
Annotation:Sixteen-year-old Lucy, living in the shadow of her violent father, experiences a night of tenderness, danger, and revelation as she and Jake, her fifteen-year-old neighbour, search for a legendary wolf in the Australian outback. Grade 7 - 12
Annotation:While his mother is in a coma after a failed suicide attempt, her son grapples with the question of euthanasia. Grade 9 - 12
Annotation:Various people express their viewpoints when the Ku Klux Klan infiltrates their small Vermont town in the 1920s. Grade 6 - 12
Annotation:These sharp, funny, and tragic poems tell of Sophie's sometimes painful but always passionate journey of self-discovery. The sequel, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know, is told from Sophie's boyfriend's viewpoint. Grade 6 - 9
Annotation:First person is used to narrate the life of Eleanora Fagan, an unwanted child who grew up to become a Harlem jazz legend. The poems draw their titles from Billie Holiday's songs. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Relates, in alternating brother-sister perspectives, the events and after-effects of an intruder's violent attack on a family. Grade 9 - 12
Annotation:The tale of Elaine of Ascolat, who will one day be known as The Lady of Shalott, starts out with her life as a motherless tomboy in Arthur's encampment. Grade 7 - 12
Annotation:After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, 15-year-old Jane must come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her life. Grade 6 - 11
Annotation:Emily comes to terms with her Chinese heritage when a student from Taiwan spends a year at her American high school. Grade 6 - 12
Annotation:In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother. Sequels are True Believer and This Full House. Grade 6 - 12
Annotation:With the help of her understanding mother and a close friend, Jen eventually outgrows her nickname, Jinx, and deals with the deaths of two boys with whom she had been involved. Grade 9 - 12
Annotation:Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers. Grade 5 - 12
Annotation:17-year-old Pattyn, eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home. Grade 9 - 12
Annotation:Two Scottish sisters, living on the island of Barra in the 1850s, relate in alternate voices their experiences after their family is forcibly evicted and separated, with one sister accompanying their parents and younger siblings to Cape Breton and the other staying behind with other family. Grade 7 - 12
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Stories told in a series of poems can create an intense emotional experience and draw attention to universal truths. Great for readers who love language as well as those looking for a quick read. LP/MNJ
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