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2021 October - December Prompts > 21. A book of poetry or one written in verse

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Barbara (The Bibliophage) (barbarathebibliophage) | 330 comments Mod
Ideas? Suggestions? Please share here.


Barbara (The Bibliophage) (barbarathebibliophage) | 330 comments Mod
I'm definitely going with Nikki Giovanni for this one!


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Samantha | 19 comments If anyone needs help with this one and doesn’t necessarily want to read a book of poems, Ellen Hopkins wires some really good books in verse. I had never read a modern book written in verse before I read Crank in high school.

For this one though, for me I’m gonna pick the Poet X which will also fill the LatinX author prompt. It’s been on my TBR for a while so I’m excited to read it.


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Robin (Saturndoo) (robinsaturndoo) Samantha wrote: "If anyone needs help with this one and doesn’t necessarily want to read a book of poems, Ellen Hopkins wires some really good books in verse. I had never read a modern book written in verse before ..."

I'm not a fan of poetry either but read A LOT of novels in verse. Ellen Hopkins is my all time favorite author. I read The Poet X last year and just read Clap When You Land by the same author for Latinx author prompt lol which would've worked for this prompt too!!

I read a lot of novels in verse so here are a few suggestions:

The Colors of the Rain by R.L. Toalson Moo by Sharon Creech Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Solo by Kwame Alexander Booked by Kwame Alexander Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann Crossing Stones by Helen Frost Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton Orchards by Holly Thompson Beyond Me by Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf Sold by Patricia McCormick The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes


message 5: by Maja (last edited Jan 28, 2021 02:19PM) (new)

Maja (maich) | 66 comments One is also written in verse.

In our local book club we have poetry challenge so I'll read more than one :)


Robin (Saturndoo) (robinsaturndoo) We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan is also written in verse

We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan


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