Lisa Schroeder is one of the best YA verse novelists around, in my book — and her latest, The Bridge from Me to You uniquely combines verse with prose in alternating chapters.
New to verse novels? Here’s a brief definition of them, plus a list of some other YA verse novels you should check out!
Verse Novels
A verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse-forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple voices, dialogue, narration, description, and action in a novelistic manner. (Source)
You might consider The Odyssey and The Illiad classic versions of verse novels (though they are typically referred to as “epic poems.”)
YA Verse Novels – by Lisa Schroeder
- I Heart You, You Haunt Me
- Chasing Brooklyn
- Far From You
- The Day Before
YA Verse Novels
- Crank (and other books) by Ellen Hopkins
- Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe
- The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe
- What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
- The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
- Love & Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
- Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
- Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier
For the comments: What are some other YA verse novels you’d recommend?
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