Novels in Verse For Teens
- Because I am Furniture, Thalia Chaltas (New York: Viking Juvenile, 2009)
- Frenchtown Summer, Robert Cormier (New York: Random House, 1999)
- Heartbeat, Sharon Creech (New York: HarperCollins, 2004)
- Keesha's House, Helen Frost, (2003)
- Dark Sons, Nikki Grimes (New York: Hyperion Books, 2005)
- Downtown Boy, Juan Felipe Herrera (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999)
- By the River, Steven Herrick (Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2004
- Kissing Annabel, Steven Herrick (New York: Simon Pulse, 2009)
- The Wolf, Steven Herrick (Honesdale: Front Street, 2007)
- Cold Skin, Steven Herrick (Honesdale: Front Street, 2009)
- Aleutian Sparrow, Karen Hesse (New York, Simon & Schuster, 2003)
- Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse (New York: Scholastic, 1997)
- Witness, Karen Hesse (New York: Scholastic, 2001)
- Crank, Ellen Hopkins (New York: Simon Pulse, 2006)
- Glass, Ellen Hopkins (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007)
- Impulse, Ellen Hopkins (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007)
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007)
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2008)
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009)
- Realm of Possibility, David Levithan (New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008)
- Street Love, Walter Dean Myers (New York, CarperCollins, 2007)
- The Weight of the Sky, Lisa Ann Sandell, (New York: Viking, 2006)
- Song of the Sparrow, Lisa Ann Sandell, (New York: Scholastic, 2008)
- I Heart You, You Haunt Me, Lisa Schroeder (New York: Simon Pulse, 2008)
- Far from You, Lisa Schroeder (New York: Simon Pulse, 2010)
- The Day Before, Lisa Schroeder (New York: Simon Pulse, 2011)
- One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies, Sonya Sones (New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2001)
- Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy, Sonya Sones (New York: HarperTeen, 2001)
- What My Mother Doesn't Know, Sonya Sones (New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2001)
- What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know, Sonya Sones (New York, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007)
- Orchards, Holly Thompson (New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2011)
- Love and Leftovers, Sarah Tregay (New York: Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins, 2011)
- Jinx, Margaret Wild (New York: Simon Pulse, 2004)
- One Night, Margaret Wild (New York: Random House, 2006)
- Glimpse, Carol Lynch Williams (New York: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2010)
- Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff (New York: Scholastic, 1994)
- True Believer, Virginia Euwer Wolff (New York, Simon Pulse, 2002)
- This Full House, Virginia Euwer Wolff (New York: HarperCollins, 2009)
- Lonesome Howl, Allen & Unwin
- Johnny and the Seven Teddy Bears of Sin, James Venn (Toronto, 2012)
- Red Trick, Giacomo Lee (London: Blank Screen, 2012)
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