Sarah Tregay’s List of Novels in Verse
Sarah Tregay’s
list of novels in verse
Middle Grade Reads
Home of the Brave - Katherine Applegate 2008
Kek, a Sudanese refugee, has moved to Minnesota to live with his aunt. Laugh
and cry with Kek as he learns English and new ways of doing things.
Salt - Hellen Frost 2013
HISTORICAL - Anikwa and James, spend their days exploring Indiana Territory
on the brink of the war of 1812.
Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J.
Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters - Jeannine Atkins, 2012
HISTORICAL - The stories of three women and their daughters.
The Braid - Hellen Frost 2006
HISTORICAL - Evicted from the Western Isles of Scotland in 1850, sisters
are torn apart. Jeannie moves to Canada with her parents while Sarah stays
behind with Grandma.
Hugging the Rock - Susan Taylor Brown 2004
Rachel watches her family fall apart under the pressures caused by her
mother’s mental illness.
Pieces of Georgia - Jen Bryant 2005
Thirteen year-old Georgia writes in her journal to deal with the death of her
mother and her love of art.
Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial - Jen Bryant 2008
HISTORICAL - In 1925, in Dayton TN, J.T. Scopes, a science teacher is
arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution.
The Trial - Jen Bryant 2004
HISTORICAL - The 1930’s trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the man arrested
for kidnapping the Lindbergh’s baby.
All The Broken Pieces - Ann Burg 2009
Twelve-year old Matt can’t forget the terrors of the war in Vietnam.
Eva of the Farm - Dia Calhoun 2012
Twelve-year-old Eva’s farm is the most magical place in the world. When the
bank forecloses on the farm, Eva must save it.
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet - Nancy Cavanaugh 2013
Homeschooled Ratchet wishes she could be a normal girl with a friend instead
of helping her tree-hugging dad fix cars. A mix of poems and essays.
Sweetgrass Basket - Marlene Carvell 2005
HISTORICAL - Two Mohawk sisters are sent away to the Carlisle Indian School
near the turn of the 20th century.
Frenchtown Summer - Robert Cornier, 2001
HISTORICAL - In 1944 in a French-Canadian town, 13-year-old Eugene hides a
terrible secret about his uncle and a murder.
Heartbeat - Sharon Creech 2004 Annie, 12, takes great pleasure in running.
Max runs to escape his personal problems. Annie’s learns that her mother is
pregnant and her beloved Grandpa is slipping into dementia.
Love That Dog & Hate That Cat - Sharon Creech 2004/200
Jack discovers poetry and grieves his beloved dog.
The Wild Book - Margarita Engle 2012
Fefa struggles with reading, but when her mother gives her a book with no
words in it, Fefa grows her own garden of words.
The Surrender Tree - Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom - Margarita
Engle 2008
HISTORICAL - Following Rosa’s life from 1850 to 1899 alongside the struggles
for Cuban independence.
Tropical Secrets - Holocaust Refugees in Cuba - Margarita Engle 2009
HISTORICAL - Told by a Jewish Refugee, Daniel, and Paloma, a Cuban girl
whose father is the worst kind of criminal.
Mountain Dog - Margarita Engle, 2013
When Tony’s mother is sent to jail, he is sent to stay with his tió and a searchand-rescue dog named Gabe.
Diamond Willow - Hellen Frost 2008
Growing up in modern-day Alaska, 12-year old Willow and her sled dogs
stumble on adventure and old family secrets.
Hidden – Helen Frost, 2011
Darra’s father steals a minivan, not knowing that eight-year-old Wren is hiding
in the back. Years later, the girls meet at camp.
Libertad - Alma Fullerton 2008
When his mother is killed in an accident at the dump where the family picks
trash, Libertad goes to find his father.
Bronx Masquerade - Nikki Grimes 2005
Open Mike Fridays are a favorite for Mr. Ward’s English class, from poets to
rappers everyone takes the mike.
Planet Middle School - Nikki Grimes 2011
Joylin loves basketball, baggy jeans, and ponytails, but things change when
she starts noticing boys.
Words with Wings - Nikki Grimes 2013
A girl’s journey from daydreamer to poet.
On Pointe - Lorie Ann Grover 2004
Claire has a love for ballet and dreams of becoming part of a Ballet Company
when she is confronted with a family crisis.
Grow - Juanita Havill 2008
Berneetha and Kate plant a community garden, but the lot is slated to become
a parking garage.
Downtown Boy - Juan Felipe Herrera 2005
HISTORICAL - Juanito follows his migrant-worker parents from town to town in
1950’s California, often getting into trouble.
Naked Bunyip Dancing - Steven Herrick, 2008
AUSTRALIAN - Mr. Carey’s students learn what they are good at.
Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend - Steven Herrick 2012
AUSTRALIAN - The students in 6A keep Constable Dawe on his toes while
learning the value of friendship.
Aleutian Sparrow - Karen Hesse 2005
HISTORICAL - In 1942, Japanese forces attacked the Aleutian Islands. Within
days, the natives were moved to relocation centers in Alaska where they
endured illness and faced death.
Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse 1997
HISTORICAL - Set in 1934 in Oklahoma, you are transported into 14-year-old
Billie Jo’s tragic life amid the dust storms.
Witness - Karen Hesse 1997
HISTORICAL - When the Ku Klux Klan moves into a quiet town in 1924
Vermont, everyone has something to say about it.
Brains for Lunch, A Zombie Novel in Haiku - K.A. Holt, 2010
Loeb, a zombie, has a crush on Sibohan, a human. A librarian encourages
Loeb to read his poetry on open mike night.
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Addie on the Inside - James Howe, 2011
A companion to The Misfits and Totally Joe. Addie struggles to find out who
she really is and who she is going to become.
Soul Moon Soup - Lindsay Lee Johnson 1998
When 11-year-old Phoebe Rose’s father leaves, she and her mother are
homeless.
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup & Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs - Ron
Koertge 2006/2010
Baseball star, fourteen-year-old Kevin is forced to stay home sick with mono.
Inside Out and Back Again - Thanhha Lai 2011
Ten-year-old Ha and her family are refugees from Vietnam during the war when
they move to Alabama.
The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family and
Farewells - Debbie Levy 2011
HISTORICAL - Jutta is only twelve in 1938 when her loved ones scatter in the
wind on the brink of the second World War.
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie & Like Bug Juice on a Burger - Julie
Sternberg 2012/2013
Eleanor’s favorite babysitter moves away and she has to face the summer
without her.
Becoming Joe DiMaggio - Maria Testa 2005
HISTORICAL - Growing up listening to the triumphs of Joe DiMaggio on the
radio, Joseph Paul learns to dream.
Something About America - Maria Testa 2005
The 13-year-old narrator comes to America to escape war in Kosovo where
she was burned.
Girl Coming in for a Landing - April Halprin Wayland 2004
Between fall and spring, the main character goes from an imaginary boyfriend
to a real one to the loss of that boyfriend.
Gone Fishing - Tamera Will Wissinger 3013
Nine-year-old Sam loves fishing, except when his little sister, Lucy, tags along.
The Voyage of the Arctic Tern - Hugh Montgomery 2002
HISTORICAL - A tale of pirates, ghost ships and mystery.
Locomotion - Jacqueline Woodson 2004
Lonnie Collins Motion is a New York City fifth grader in foster care because he
lost his parents in a house fire.
Odette’s Secrets – Maryann MacDonald, 2013
HISTORICAL - Inspired by the real story of a young Jewish girl living in Paris
during the Nazis occupation.
Zorgamazoo - Robert Paul Weston 2008
Part Roald Dahl, part Dr. Seuss, this rhyming sci-fi fantasy tells the story of
Katrina, Morty, and the missing Zorgles.
Pearl Verses The World - Sally Murphy, 2011
AUSTRALIAN - Pearl doesn’t feel particularly rhymey when her grandmother
passes away.
Prince Puggly of Spud & the Kingdom of Spiff - Robert Paul Weston 2013
Prince Puggly receives an invitation to a lavish ball.
Toppling - Sally Murphy, 2012
AUSTRALIAN - John loves dominoes toppling over, but when his friend, Dom,
gets sick, it feels like more than just dominoes are falling over.
Little Green, Growing up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution - Chun
Yu, 2005
MEMOIR/HISTORICAL - Xiao Qing is ten when Chairman Mao dies and her
family experience the upheaval of the revolution.
Carver, A Life in Poems - Marilyn Nelson 2001
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORICAL - The life of George Washington Carver (1864-1943)
educator and botanist.
Reaching for the Sun - Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, 2007
Seventh grader, Josie, has cerebral palsy. Bulldozers are carving up the farm
where she lives.
Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem - Marylin Nelson, 2004
NONFICTION – Poetry and historical documents about a slave named Fortune
and his skeleton that was kept by his Master.
Teen Reads
The Crazy Man - Pamela Porter 2005
Emaline, 12, is maimed in a freak accident. Her father storms off. Her mother,
in need of help around the farm, takes in a man from the mental hospital.
May B., Caroline Rose, 2012
HISTORICAL - Twelve-year-old May helps out on a neighbor’s Kansas prairie
homestead and gets trapped by a blizzard.
Running with Trains - Michael J. Rosen 2012
HISTORICAL - It’s 1969 and Perry is frequent passenger on the train that
crosses Steve’s family farm. The two meet in an incident that will change both
of them forever.
Looking for Me - Betsy R. Rosenthal, 2012
HISTORICAL - One of 12 children, Edith struggles to find her identity.
Serendipity and Me – Judith Roth, 2013
Middle schooler, Sara, adopts a kitten to help her family heal from a
devastating loss.
Yellow Star - Jennifer Roy 2006
HISTORICAL NON-FICTION - Twelve children survived the Lodz Ghetto in Nazioccupied Poland. Sylvia was one of them.
Eddie’s War - Carol Fisher Saller, 2011
HISTORICAL - World War II suddenly feels much closer to Ellisville, Illinois when
Eddie’s big brother enlists.
Dancing Pancake - Eileen Spinelli, 2011
Eleven-year old Bindy and her family struggle through the recession with the
support of the community.
Summerhouse Time - Eileen Spinelli 2008
Laugh and cry as Sophie, her extended family, and her cat, Orange, rent a
summerhouse on the beach.
Where I Live - Eileen Spinelli 2007
Diana loves where she lives, especially her best friend, Rose. But moving
changes everything.
Jimi and Me - Jamie Adoff, 2005
Keith, has to deal with his father’s death—and understand his father’s life as
secrets from the past come to light.
Shark Girl & Formerly Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham 2007/2013
Fifteen-year-old surfer, Jane, finds the world a different place after a shark
attack that leaves her without an arm.
Wolf Pack of the Winisk River - Paul Brown, 2009
Told by a wolf after a harsh Northern Ontario winter, food is scarce and wolves
must pursue caribou.
Who Will Tell My Brother? - Marlene Carvell 2004
Evan Hill, a part-Mohawk high-school senior, embarks on his brother’s crusade
to change the school’s Indian mascot.
The Weight of Water - Sarah Crossan 2012
Kasienka immigrates from Poland to London and searches for the father who
abandoned her and her mother.
Because I am Furniture - Thalia Chaltas 2009
Anke’s father abuses molests her sister but ignores her. She finds her voice
when she joins the volleyball team.
Displacement -Thalia Chaltas 2011
Home doesn’t feel like home to Vera because her mother isn’t around and her
sister is dead. So she runs away.
Forget Me Not - Carolee Dean, 2012
Ally is devastated when a scandalous photo of her is made public. She meets
Elijah who has had a brush with death.
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano Margarita Engle 2006
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORICAL - Juan is sold to slavery in 1797.
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba - M. Engle, 2010
HISTORICAL - Fredrika is kept hungry so that she will be thin and graceful.
Cecilia is a slave who remembers being captured in the Congo. Elena lives a
sheltered life.
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Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck - Margarita
Engle, 2011
HISTORICAL - Retelling of the events of a shipwreck in the early days of
European exploration of the American continent.
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist - M. Engle, 2013
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORICAL - Book-loving feminist and abolitionist Tula bravely
resists an arranged marriage at the age of fourteen, and fights against
injustice.
The Good Braider - Terry Farrish, 2012
Viola has made the journey from war-torn Sudan, to Cairo, and to Portland,
Maine where she dreams of South Sudan.
Nothing - Robin Friedman 2008
High school hunk, Parker, battles bulimia while trying to balance the demands
of school and a social life.
Crossing Stones - Helen Frost 2009
HISTORICAL - Set during WWI, eighteen-year-old Muriel must find a way to care
for her family while being true to herself.
Burn - Alma Fullerton 2010
Usually, when Casey’s famous mom went on tour, she got to go. Not this time.
Split Image - Mel Glenn 2000
Laura Li appears to be a good student and a perfect daughter--but she
escapes by dancing at clubs late at night.
A Girl Named Mister - Nikki Grimes 2010
Fourteen-year-old Mary wears a promise ring. But her boyfriend weakens her
resolve and she gets pregnant.
Dark Sons - Nikki Grimes 2005
A biblical tale side by side with a one modern one, teenagers Ishmael and Sam
tell of parallel problems with their fathers.
Hideous Love - Stephanie Hemphill 2013
HISTORICAL - A retelling of Frankenstein.
Wicked Girls - Stephanie Hemphill 2010
HISTORICAL - A novel about the Salem witch trials.
Sisters of Glass - Stephanie Hemphill 2012
HISTORICAL - Maria’s father insisted that she marry into nobility—but she has
feelings for the new glassblower who is working for the family.
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath - S. Hemphill 2007
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORICAL - Plath’s life, work and suicide.
SkateFate - Juan Felipe Herrera 2011
Lucky Z isn’t lucky. He’s in foster care. And in a wheelchair. His friend died in
the accident.
By the River - Steven Herrick 2006
AUSTRALIAN - Harry longs to escape the small town.
Ann and Seamus - Kevin Major 2004
HISTORICAL - In 1828, Ann and her father rescue 163 Irish immigrants from a
shipwreck off the coast of Newfoundland.
Heaven Looks a Lot Like a Mall - Wendy Mass 2007
Sixteen-year-old Tessa has a life-changing dodge ball zooms toward her head.
Under the Mesquite - Guadalupe Garcia McCall, 2011
Lupita’s mother is diagnosed with cancer and has treatment in another town,
leaving Lupita to care for her siblings.
After the Kiss - Tera Elan McVoy 2010
Becca loves Alec. Camille guards her heart, but a guy catches her eye. Too
bad it’s Alec.
Vampire Haiku - Ryan Mecum 2008
Relive history by reading a vampire’s journal in haiku.
Dawn of Zombie Haiku – Ryan Mecum, 2011
Dawn is a ten-year-old girl with a Zombie Escape Plan.
Werewolf Haiku – Ryan Mecum, 2010
The journal of a mailman who gets bitten by a werewolf.
Street Love - Walter Dean Myers 2007
Damien and Junice overcome differences and fall in love.
I’ll Be Watching - Pamela Porter 2011
HISTORICAL - Set in Canada during the Great Depression, orphans find a way
to make ends meet.
Three Rivers Rising, a novel of the Johnstown flood - Jamie Richards,
2010
HISTORICAL - Celestia, daughter of a businessman, falls in love with Peter, the
hired hand, in the days before the 1889 flood.
The Weight of the Sky - Lisa Ann Sandell, 2006
Sixteen-year-old Sarah Green, band geek, jumps at the chance to spend the
summer in Israel and live and work on a kibbutz.
Song of the Sparrow - Lisa Ann Sandell, 2007
HISTORICAL - Sixteen-year-old Elaine of Ascolat is in love with Lancelot,
Gwynivere’s famous lover.
Far From You - Lisa Schroeder 2009
When trapped in a snowstorm, Alice finds herself facing all of the things she’s
been trying to avoid.
I Heart You You Haunt Me - Lisa Schroeder 2008
More love story than ghost story, Ava can’t see or touch Jackson, her dead
boyfriend, but she knows he’s there.
Chasing Brooklyn - Lisa Schroeder 2010
Luca, Brooklyn’s boyfriend died in a car crash. His best friend kills himself,
leaving Brooklyn reeling.
Sister Slam & the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip - Linda Oatman High 2006
A humorous road trip story with rhyme and beat.
The Day Before - Lisa Schroeder 2011
Switched at birth, Amber escapes to the beach with her iPod, where she meets
Cade. They spend one perfect day together.
Worlds Afire - Paul B. Janeczko 2004
HISTORICAL - Based on the 1944 circus fire in Hartford.
The Geography of Girlhood - Kirsten Smith 2007
Penny charts the landscape of her small-town life.
Requiem; Poems of the Terezin Ghetto - P. Janeczko 2011
HISTORICAL - This Czech concentration camp was populated by Jewish artists
and musicians.
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies - Sonya Sones 2001
Fifteen-year-old Ruby’s mom just passed away from cancer, leaving Ruby to
navigate the oddities of Los Angeles.
The Secret of Me & The Girl in the Mirror - Meg Kearney 2007/2012
Fourteen-year old Lizzie grapples with her feelings about her adoption and
worries about what her parents might think.
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy Sonya Sones 2001
A 13-year-old girl sorts through her feelings about her older sister’s mental
illness.
The Brimstone Journals - Ron Koertge 2004
Fifteen narrators tell the story of a high school shooting.
Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses - Ron Koertge 2012
Twenty-three modernized fairy tales in free verse.
T4 - Ann Clare LeZotte, 2008
HISTORICAL - Thirteen-year-old Paula is Deaf. She escapes Hitler’s T4 program,
which was designed to eradicate disabled individuals.
The Apprentice’s Masterpiece - Melanie Little 2009
During the Spanish Inquisition Ramon and Amir are forced to give up their faith.
Nix Minus One – Jill McClean, 2012
What My Mother Doesn’t Know & What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know Sonya Sones 2001/2007
Too-tall 14-year-old Sophie has a crush on Murphy, but she’s not sure she
should tell her friends.
To Be Perfectly Honest - Sonya Sones 2013
A novel based on an untrue story.
Orchards - Holly Thompson, 2011
Eighth-grader, Kanako’s classmate hangs herself, and Kanako spends the
summer on her grandparents’ fruit farm in Japan.
When Nix’s older sister, starts breaking the rules things spiral out of control.
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The Language Inside - Holly Thompson, 2013
Emma was raised in Japan, but when her mother is diagnosed with cancer,
Emma’s family moves to the U.S.
Love and Leftovers - Sarah Tregay, 2012
Stuck on summer vacation, Marcie Foster has to start her sophomore year at
a new school in New Hampshire. Things look up when she meets, JD, but she
gets shipped back home.
Unlocked - Ryan G. Van Cleave 2011
Andy, the janitor’s son, unlocks another boy’s locker when rumors about a gun
circulate.
Becoming Billie Holiday - Carole Boston Weatherford, 2008
HISTORICAL - Elanora’s journey from poverty to the stage.
Yellow Mini - Lori Weber 2011
Mark has inherited a yellow mini from his deceased father. He and his friends
set out to find their niches, be it concert pianist or activist.
Escaping Tornado Season - Julie Williams 2004
HISTORICAL - Set in the 1960’s, 13-year-old Allie moves to a small town after
her father’s death.
Glimpse - Carol Lynch Williams 2010
Lizzie and Hope take their vow to protect each other seriously, but when sexual
abuse divides them, Hope must save them both.
New Found Land, Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery - Allan Wolf
2004
HISTORICAL - The adventures of Lewis and Clark.
Make Lemonade, True Believer & This Full House - Virginia Euwer Wolff
2001/2002/2009
LaVaughn takes a job babysitting for Jolly, a young mother.
Seeing Emily- Joyce Lee Wong, 2007
Sixteen-year-old Emily Wu discovers that she can be both Chinese and
American.
Rubber Houses - Ellen Yeomans 2007
Sixteen-year-old Kit’s life changes when her younger brother is diagnosed with
and dies from leukemia.
Reads for Older Teens
The Best and Hardest Thing - Pat Brisson 2010
Molly sheds her goody-goody reputation and becomes pregnant. She decides
to give her baby up for adoption.
Freakboy - Kristen Elizabeth Clark 2013
Brendan tries to understand his sexual identity, Vanessa fights to keep
Brendan, and Angel confronts her demons.
The Fattening Hut - Pat Lowery Collins 2005
Fourteen-year-old Helen is to marry an older man, but first she must face the
fattening hut and female circumcision. She flees.
Dead on Town Line - Leslie Conner
Two spirits help searchers find their bodies.
You Remind Me of You - Eireann Corrigan 2001
NON-FICTION/MEMOIR Corrigan is struggling with eating disorders when her
boyfriend attempts suicide.
Splintering - Eireann Corrigan 2005
A stranger violently attacks a family in their own home.
Tough Boy Sonatas – Curtis Crisler 2007
The voices of the young men tell of growing up in Gary, Indiana.
Keesha’s House - Helen Frost 2001
Told in sonnets and sestina’s, stories of teens in need of a safe place to stay
intersect at Keesha’s house.
Walking on Glass - Alma Fullerton 2007
A young man’s mother attempts suicide and is left in a coma.
Cold Skin - Steven Herrick 2009
AUSTRALIAN/HISTORICAL - When Eddie’s brother’s classmate is murdered,
suspicion falls on many men in town.
Love, Ghosts and Facial Hair & A Place Like This (also published as
Kissing Annabel) - Steven Herrick 2004
AUSTRALIAN - Jack’s mother has died, yet he still falls in love.
Planet Pregnancy - Linda Oatman High 2008
Nine months of Sahara’s life are filled with problems.
Crank, Glass & Fallout - Ellen Hopkins 2006/ 2007/2010
Kristina/Bree’s haunting tale of her relationship with meth.
Impulse - Ellen Hopkins 2007
Three teens are admitted to a psychiatric hospital after failed suicide attempts.
Identical - Ellen Hopkins 2008
Identical twins live in a dysfunctional and abusive family.
Perfect - Ellen Hopkins, 2011
Four high-school seniors battle unrealistic expectations and strive for
perfection. A companion to Impulse.
Burned & Smoke - Ellen Hopkins 2007/2013
Angry with her abusive father, Pattyn begins to question Mormonism. Her
parents send her to live with her aunt.
Tilt - Ellen Hopkins 2012
Mikala, Shane, Alex, and Harley all fall in love with boys.
Audition - Stasia Ward Kehoe 2011
High school junior, Sara, wins a scholarship to study ballet, sacrificing
everything and falling for an older choreographer.
Realm of Possibility - David Levithan 2008
Twenty characters give glimpses into their lives in the form of interconnected
poems and song lyrics.
The Book of My Life by Angel - Martine Leavitt 2012
Sixteen-year-old Angel is coerced into drugs and prostitution.
October Mourning: a Song For Matthew Shepard - Lesléa Newman 2012
Matthew Shepard’s story.
Karma - Cathy Ostlere, 2011
After her mother’s suicide, 15-year-old Maya travels to India for a traditional
burial. The Prime Minister is assassinated and the city erupts in chaos. Maya is
separated from her father.
Family - Micol Ostow, 2011
HISTORICAL - It’s 1969 and 17-year-old Melinda hits the road for San
Francisco. Henry, offers her a new family. Based on the Manson family
murders.
Exposed - Kimberly Marcus, 2011
Liz and Kate are best friends, until Liz’s older brother does something
unthinkable.
Sold - Patricia McCormick, 2006
13-year-old Lakshmi is sold into prostitution in India.
Amiri and Odette, A Love Story - Walter Dean Myers 2009
A love story inspired Swan Lake.
Talking in the Dark - Billy Merrell 2003
NON-FICTION/MEMOIR - Merrell’s journey to the discover his own sexuality is
complicated by the death of a lover from AIDS.
Audacious - Gabrielle Prendergast 2013
Sixteen-year-old Raphaelle, who always says the wrong thing, moves to a small
town. She is drawn to Samir, a boy in her art class.
Fishtailing - Wendy Phillips, 2010
Natalie moves to a new school and entangles others in her world of partying
and rebellion.
I Don’t Want to Be Crazy - Samantha Schutz, 2006
NON-FICTION/MEMOIR - A woman’s college years are plagued with anxiety.
You Are Not Here - Samantha Schutz, 2010
Sixteen-year-old Annaleah grieves the loss of the boy she loved.
Purple Daze - Sherry Shahan 2011
HISTORICAL - Love and war, feminism and racism, riots and rock ‘n’ roll in the
1960’s.
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl - Tanya Lee Stone 2007
Three girls experience heartbreak after a jock uses them.
The Watch that Ends the Night, Voices of the Titanic - Alan Wolf, 2011
HISTORICAL: The ship sinks.
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