Children's Book Suggestions | Novels in Verse 2025

April is Poetry Month, which is a great month to promote novels in verse! With short lines of text and lots of white space, these books are a great choice for all readers, including striving readers and kids with dyslexia.

For even more poetry, view last year's Novels in Verse list online, browse the online catalog for more novels in verse, or check out the 811 section in Children's Nonfiction.

Updated March 14, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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The one and only family
Applegate, Katherine
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times and indie bestseller! For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan, a Newbery Award winner and a #1 New York Times bestseller, and by its bestselling sequels, The One and Only Bob and The One and Only Ruby....

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Reasons to look at the night sky
Daniel, Danielle
Paper Book
Luna has always loved the night sky. She's an eleven-year-old who knows everything there is to know about space, and dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. The first step in her plan to get there is to ace the space unit in her science class and secure a spot in NASA's summer space camp. But when...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Are you nobody too?
Cane, Tina
Paper Book
After years of discomfort as the only Chinese student at her private middle school, Emily transfers to Chinatown's I.S. 23 for 8th Grade and ends up feeling more disconnected than ever. In this coming-of-age novel-in-verse, will Emily be able to find her way or will she lose herself completely?<...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

And then, boom!
Fipps, Lisa
Paper Book
A gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him Joe Oak is used to living on unsteady ground. His mom can't be depended on as she never stays...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Isabel in bloom
Respicio, Mae
Paper Book
A middle-school girl discovers a connection between her home in the Philippines and her new home in the U.S. through a special garden in "this sweet and heartfelt novel [that] explores how bumpy beginnings can offer chances for new growth" (The New York Times)

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Louder Than Hunger
Schu, John.
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Murray out of water
Tracy, Taylor
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Natalie Lloyd, and Jasmine Warga, this beautiful novel in verse explores one girl's struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that, she believes, has given her special powers. Bighearted...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)


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