Stories as Poems
Try these novels in verse:
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Creech, Sharon. Heartbeat. Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant. (Juv Fic) |
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Frost, Helen. Spinning Through the Universe. A collection of poems written in the voices of Mrs. Williams of room 214, her students, and a custodian about their interactions with each other, their families, and the world around them. Includes notes on the poetic forms represented. (Juv Fic) |
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Grimes, Nikki. What Is Goodbye? Alternating poems by a brother and sister convey their feelings about the death of their older brother and the impact it had on their family. (Juv Fic) |
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Hesse, Karen. Witness. A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town. (Juv Fic) |
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Testa, Maria. Becoming Joe DiMaggio. Christened after legendary ballplayer Joe DiMaggio, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather's knee -- about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. (Juv Fic) |
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Whybrow, Ian. Little Wolf's Handy Book of Poems. (Little Wolf Adventures, no. 6) Little Wolf, in a series of letters to his parents, tries his hand at writing poetry and produces some work that his friends admire and his parents find very useful. (Juv Fic) |
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