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FICTION: Novels in Verse - Stories Told in Poetry

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		Shark Girl Fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood struggles through a physical loss to the start of acceptance in this absorbing, artful novel which is at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive. Bingham, Kelly L. TEEN BINGHAM

		Hugging the rock Through a series of poems, Rachel expresses her feelings about her parents' divorce, living without her mother, and her changing attitude towards her father. Brown, Susan Taylor, 1958- J BROWN

		Ringside, 1925 : views from the Scopes trial : a novel Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens. Bryant, Jennifer. TEEN BRYANT

		Kaleidoscope eyes In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd. Bryant, Jennifer. J BRYANT

		Because I am furniture The youngest of three siblings, fourteen-year-old Anke feels both relieved and neglected that her father abuses her brother and sister but ignores her, but when she catches him with one of her friends, she finally becomes angry enough to take action. Chaltas, Thalia. TEEN CHALTAS

		The fruit bowl project : a novel An admittedly "dork" middle-school teacher arranges for a rock superstar to teach her eighth-grade students, who each tell a story about the same topic, in the style of a rap, poem, monologue, screenplay, haiku, fairytale, and more. Durkee, Sarah. J DURKEE

		Hurricane dancers : the first Caribbean pirate shipwreck Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village. Engle, Margarita. TEEN ENGLE

		Hidden When fourteen-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra's father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back. Frost, Helen, 1949- TEEN FROST

		Your Own, Sylvia : a Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath In 1963, young American poet Sylvia Plath died by her own hand and passed into myth. With photos and an extensive list of facts and sources, this biography-in-verse is a welcoming introduction for newcomers to Plath's work. Hemphill, Stephanie. TEEN 811.6 HEMPHIL

		Wicked girls : a novel of the Salem witch trials A fictionalized account, told in verse, of the Salem witch trials, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692--Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr. Hemphill, Stephanie. TEEN HEMPHIL