NOVELS IN VERSE

Cheng, Andrea.

FIC Brushing Mom's hair / Andrea Cheng ; illustrations by Nicole Wong.

CHE -- 1st ed. -- Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, c2009.

SUMMARY: A fourteen-year-old girl, whose mother's breast cancer diagnosis and treatment have affected every aspect of their lives, finds release in ballet and art classes. This book is written in verse style.

Hopkins, Ellen.

FIC Impulse / Ellen Hopkins. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Margaret K.

HOP McElderry Books, c2007.

SUMMARY: Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada's Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicide connect with each other in a way they never have with their parents or anyone else in their lives. This book is written in verse style.

Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn.

FIC Reaching for sun / Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. -- 1st U.S. ed. -- New York

ZIM : Bloomsbury Children's Books : c2007.

SUMMARY: Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse. This book is written in verse style.