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message 1: by Samantha McNulty (new)
Sep 05, 2011 11:45AM

Samantha McNulty Can anyone reccommend any books in verse that I could start with? I have been hearing good things and would like to give the sub genre a try!

Many Thanks,
Sam


message 2: by Miss Bookiverse (new)
Sep 06, 2011 02:49AM

Miss Bookiverse (missbookiverse) Good books to start with are the ones by Lisa Schroeder and Ellen Hopkins I'd say. Personally I think Ellen Hopkins is more skilled at verse writing but her topics are also very dark (drugs, violence, death, abuse) so that might not be for everyone.


message 4: by Angela Sunshine (new)
Sep 06, 2011 09:20PM

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I haven't read the book yet, but Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas is in verse. I am with Sara, WMMDK was a great book.


message 5: by Jennifer W, WT Moderator (new)
Sep 07, 2011 05:45PM

Jennifer W | 1289 comments Mod
Out of the Dust was in verse. I didn't particularly care for it, but it won the Newberry. Love That Dog is in verse and that was cute. I also am a fan of Hopkins' books. Come back and let us know what you find, Sam.


message 6: by Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner) (new)
Sep 26, 2011 10:04AM

Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner) (perpetualpageturner) | 44 comments I read Crank by Ellen Hopkins..really liked that. A bit dark. Also, Purple Daze is a book in verse set in the 60's. It was good but not great for me.


message 7: by Bookworm (new)
Jan 21, 2013 08:50PM

Bookworm (coolcat65) | 1 comments Steven Herrick has great books-in-verse
such as 'simple gift' and 'a place like this'


message 8: by Amy (new)
Jan 23, 2013 07:40AM

Amy I loved the Lisa Schroeder books. I read Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder and the I love You book by her (can never remember the entire title). Both were really good fast reads.


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Chasing Brooklyn (other topics)
Out of the Dust (other topics)
Love That Dog (other topics)
Because I Am Furniture (other topics)
What My Mother Doesn't Know (other topics)

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Thalia Chaltas (other topics)
Lisa Schroeder (other topics)