Showing 1–5 of 5 titles

• Award year: 2022
• Format: Book
• Genre: Verse Novel

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  Amber and Clay

  By Laura Amy Schlitz (Author), Julia Iredale (Illustrator)

  Set in Ancient Greece, this epic novel in verse traces the converging journeys of two children, a slave and an aristocrat.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Verse Novel
  • Notable Children's Books 2022
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781536201222
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  The One Thing You’d Save

  By Linda Sue Park (Author), Robert Sae-Heng (Illustrator)

  Using traditional and modified sijo poetic structure, Park explores what children would save if they were ever in a housefire.  

  • Fiction, Verse Novel
  • Notable Children's Books 2022
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781328515131
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  Red, White, and Whole

  By Rajani LaRocca (Author)

  In this novel in verse set during the 1980s, Reha struggles with her cultural identity as an Indian American girl while coping with the realities of her mother’s leukemia.

  • Fiction, Verse Novel
  • John Newbery Medal 2022 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2022
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780063047426
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  Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

  By Ray Anthony Shepard (Author), Keith Mallett (Illustrator)

  Written in conversational free verse, this narrative explores how Ona Judge, enslaved by George and Martha Washington, emancipates herself. 

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Biography, Verse Novel
  • Notable Children's Books 2022
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780374307042
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  Starfish

  By Lisa Fipps (Author)

  Ellie’s struggles to find her voice and self-worth unfold in verse as she stands up to those who bully and fat-shame her. 

  • Fiction, General Fiction, Verse Novel
  • Notable Children's Books 2022
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781984814500