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November 5, 2007
Novels in Verse
Novels in Verse are exactly what it sounds like: a story told in poetry rather than prose. It may not be as formal as many of the poems you are familiar with, but it is poetry and it is very readable. One of my favorite authors of novels in verse is Sonya Sones. I just finished her latest book, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know, and thought I'd tell you about her other books, all of which I think are great.
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
"My name is Ruby. This book is about me.
It tells the deeply hideous story of what happens when my mother dies and I'm dragged three thousand miles away from my gorgeous boyfriend, Ray, to live in L.A. with my father, who I've never even met because he's such a ***** that he divorced my mom before I was born.
The only way I've ever even seen him is in the movies, since he's this mega-famous actor who's been way too busy trying to win Oscars to even visit me once in fifteen years.
Everyone loves my father. Everyone but me."
What My Mother Doesn't Know
"My name is Sophie.
This book is about me.
It tells
the heart-stoppingly riveting story
of my first love.
And also of my second.
And, okay, my third love, too.
It's not that I'm boy crazy.
It's just that even though
I'm almost fifteen
I've been having sort of a hard time
trying to figure out the difference
between love and lust.
It's like
my mind
and my body
and my heart
just don't seem to be able to agree
on anything."
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
"My name is Robin.
This book is about me.
It tells the story of what happens
when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom,
the girl of my dreams finally falls for me.
That seems like it would be
a good thing, right?
Only it turns out to be
a lot more complicated than that
Because I'm not gonna lie to you --
there are naked women involved.
Four of them, to be exact.
Though not in the way you might think.
Don't get me wrong -- my girlfriend's amazing.
But the way things have been going lately,
I'm starting to believe that the only thing worse
than not getting what you want,
is getting it."
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian
Posted by egoldberg at November 5, 2007 2:03 PM
Comments
I read all three of these books and I loved them all! My favorite one was the 2nd, What My Mother Doesn't Know. If you read these and like them, you'll definitely like the book On Pointe, which is also a book in verse. Juliet Liu
Posted by: Juliet Liu at November 7, 2007 7:52 PM