Seven teens facing such problems as pregnancy, closeted homosexuality, and abuse each describe in poetic forms what caused them to leave home and where they found home again.
Spin by Rebecca Caprara
Arachne is ostracized by all but her family and closest friend, Celandine. Turning to her loom for solace, Arachne learns to weave, finding her voice and her strength through the craft. After the tragic loss of her family, Arachne challenges Athena, and a fateful weaving contest ensues, resulting in an exposé of divine misdeeds, a shocking transformation, and unexpected redemption.
Miles Morales: Suspended by Jason Reynolds
Miles Morales is still just your average teenager. He has unexpectedly become totally obsessed with poetry and can never seem to do much more than babble around his crush. Nothing too weird. Oh! Except, just yesterday, he used his spidey superpowers to save the world (no biggie) from an evil mastermind called The Warden.
More Novels in Verse for Teens --
Miles Morales is still just your average teenager. He has unexpectedly become totally obsessed with poetry and can never seem to do much more than babble around his crush. Nothing too weird. Oh! Except, just yesterday, he used his spidey superpowers to save the world (no biggie) from an evil mastermind called The Warden.
More Novels in Verse for Teens --
19 Love Songs by David Levithan
Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia Cole
Facing the Enemy by Barbara Krasner
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle
The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson
Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk
Ode to My First Car by Robin Gow
One Step Forward by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams by Shari Green
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott
Wave by Diana Farid
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
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