Cormier, Robert.   Frenchtown Summer.   Y FIC Cormier
A series of vignettes in free verse in which the writer reminisces about his life as a twelve-year-old boy living in a small town during the hot summer of 1938.

Fields,  Terri. After the death of Anna Gonzales /.  Y FIC Fields
Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.

Fullerton, Alma.   Walking on glass. Y Fic Fullerton
A teenage boy recounts, in a free verse journal, his attempts to come to terms with the realities of his mother's near-death coma.

Herrera, Juan Felipe.  Skatefate.  Y FIC Herrera
Lucky Z, a Chicano foster child, loved living on the edge until a drag racing accident left him in a wheelchair, but as he struggles to find his place in a new high school, he begins writing poetry everywhere about anything, and in finding his voice he also discovers the beauty around him.

Hesse, Karen.  Out of the Dust.   Y FIC Hesse // Y PB H
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Hesse, Karen.  Witness.     Y FIC Hesse
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.

Koertge, Ron.  Shakespeare Bats Cleanup.  Y FIC Koertge
When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.

Koertge, Ron.  Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs.  Y FIC Koertge
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland, poet and first baseman, is torn between his cute girlfriend Mira and Amy, who is funny, plays Chopin on the piano, and is also a poet.

Levithan, David.  The realm of possibility.    Y FIC Levithan
A variety of students at the same high school describe their ideas, experiences, and relationships in a series of interconnected free verse stories.

Marcus, Kimberly.  Exposed. Y FIC Marcus
High school senior Liz, a gifted photographer, can no longer see things clearly after her best friend accuses Liz's older brother of a terrible crime.

Schroeder, Lisa.  The Day Before.  Y FIC Schroeder
Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.

Sones, Sonya.  Stop Pretending : What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.  Y FIC Sones
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdown.

Sones, Sonya.  What my Girlfriend doesn't know.    Y FIC Sones
Sequel to: What my mother doesn't know. Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for "loser," and so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie her reputation plummets, but he finds acceptance as a student in a drawing class at Harvard.

Sones, Sonya.  What my mother doesn't know.    Y FIC Sones
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

Van Cleave, Ryan G.  Unlocked.  Y FIC Van Cleave
While trying to impress a beautiful, unattainable classmate, fourteen-year-old Andy discovers that a fellow social outcast may be planning an act of school violence.

Ward, Stasia.  Audition.  Y FIC Ward
When high school junior Sara wins a coveted scholarship to study ballet, she must sacrifice everything for her new life as a professional dancer-in-training. Living in a strange city with a host family, she's deeply lonely-until she falls into the arms of Remington, a choreographer in his early twenties. At first, she loves being Rem's muse, but as she discovers a surprising passion for writing, she begins to question whether she's chosen the right path. Is Rem using her, or is it the other way around? And is dancing still her dream, or does she need something more?

Waylan, April Halprin.  Girl coming in for a landing : a novel in poems. Y FIC Waylan
A collection of over 100 poems recounting the ups and downs of one adolescent girl's school year.

Wild, Margaret.  One night.  Y Fic Wild
In this novel written in free verse and narrated by alternating characters, a teenaged girl decides to have her baby and care for it on her own after a "one night stand" results in pregnancy.

Wolff, Virginia Euwer.  Make Lemonade.   Y FIC Wolff // Y PB W
In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother.

Wolff, V.E.   True Believer.    Y FIC Wolff
Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.

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