 | Novels and Stories in Verse |
| These contemporary books contain poems that, together, tell a story. For classic poems such as "Casey at the Bat" or "The Raven," please see our Story Poems list. Suggestions are for grades 2–8.
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Children’s Fiction (J)
| Borden | The Lost-and-Found Tooth |
| Cheng | Shanghai Messenger |
| Cheng | Where the Steps Were |
| Creech | Heartbeat |
| Creech | Love That Dog |
| Fletcher | Moving Day |
| Frost | Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214 |
| Greenfield | The Friendly Four |
| Havill | Grow: A Novel in Verse |
| McKissack | Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt |
| Russell | Tofu Quilt |
| Spinelli | Where I Live |
| Weston | Zorgamazoo |
| Williams | Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart: The Story of Amber and Essie |
| Woodson | Show Way |
| Zimmer | 42 Miles |
Junior High Fiction (Y)
| Adoff | Jimi & Me |
| Applegate | Home of the Brave |
| Bingham | Shark Girl |
| Bryant | Kaleidoscope Eyes |
| Bryant | Pieces of Georgia: A Novel |
| Bryant | Ringside 1925 |
| Burg | All the Broken Pieces |
| Carvell | Sweetgrass Basket |
| Cheng | Brushing Mom's Hair |
| Cormier | Frenchtown Summer |
| Engle | The Surrender Tree |
| Fields | After the Death of Anna Gonzales |
| Frost | Keesha's House |
| Glenn | The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems |
| Glenn | Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems |
| Grimes | Dark Sons |
| Grimes | Jazmin's Notebook |
| Grimes | What Is Goodbye? |
| Grover | On Pointe |
| Hemphill | Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems |
| Herrera | Downtown Boy |
| Herrick | The Wolf |
| Hesse | Aleutian Sparrow |
| Hesse | Out of the Dust |
| Hesse | Witness |
| Janeczko | Worlds Afire |
| Johnson | Soul Moon Soup |
| Koertge | Shakespeare Bats Cleanup |
| Lee Wong | Seeing Emily |
| LeZotte | T4: A Novel in Verse |
| Mass | Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall: A Novel |
| Mazer | What I Believe: A Novel |
| Neri | Chess Rumble |
| Schroeder | Chasing Brooklyn |
| Smith | Keeping the Night Watch |
| Smith | The Way a Door Closes |
| Sones | One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies (Paperback only) |
| Sones | Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy |
| Sones | What My Mother Doesn't Know |
| Wayland | Girl Coming in for a Landing: A Novel in Poems |
| Williams | Escaping Tornado Season: A Story in Poems |
| Wolff | Make Lemonade |
| Wolff | True Believer |
| Woodson | Locomotion |
| Zimmer | Reaching for Sun |
Nonfiction, Folktales & Poetry
| J811 Bernier-Grand | César: Sí, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can! |
| J811 Grimes | Meet Danitra Brown (More in this series) |
| J811 Grimes | Stepping Out with Grandma Mac |
| J811 Herrera | Calling the Doves = El Canto de las Palomas |
| J811 Katz | Oh, Theodore!: Guinea Pig Poems |
| J811 Kurtz | River Friendly, River Wild |
| J811 Lewis | Blackbeard, the Pirate King: Several Yarns Detailing the Legends, Myths, and Real-Life Adventures of History's Most Notorious Seaman |
| J811 Medina | DeShawn Days |
| J811 Medina | My Name Is Jorge on Both Sides of the River: Poems |
| J811 Medina | The Dream on Blanca's Wall: Poems in English and Spanish |
| J811 Turner | Mississippi Mud: Three Prairie Journals |
| J811 Weatherford | Birmingham, 1963 |
| J821 Dahl | Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes |
| Y811 Lewis | Black Cat Bone |
| Y811 Soto | Fearless Fernie: Hanging Out with Fernie and Me |
Last Updated: 7/10
