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Category Archives: Verse Novels

Review: The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle

December 23, 2015by Nafiza 3 Comments

Hardcover, 182 pages Published March 19th 2013 by HMH Books for Young Readers Source: Publisher “I envy the trees that grow at crossroads. They are never forced to decide which […]

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Diverse, Diversity, Historical Fiction, History, Nonfiction, Review, Review Copy, Verse Novel, Verse Novels

Joint Review: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

July 29, 2015by Nafiza 5 Comments

Hardcover, 237 pages Published March 18th 2014 by HMH Books for Young Readers cross-o-ver [kraws-oh-ver] noun A simple basketball move in which the player dribbles the ball quickly from one […]

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Review, Verse Novel, Verse Novels

Verse Novel Review: A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

July 22, 2015by Nafiza 8 Comments

Hardcover, 320 pages Published May 1st 2014 by Nancy Paulsen Books Source: Library “What are you doing, little one?” A priest steadies my ladder. “You don’t have to climb ladders […]

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Disability, Diverse, favourites, Realistic Fiction, Review, Verse Novel, Verse Novels

Guest Post: Sarah Moon on “Verse Novels That Break Your Heart and Piece it Back Together Again”

July 15, 2015by Nafiza Leave a comment

Sarah Moon is the founder of Clear Eyes, Full Shelves, a blog and podcast. For the last four years, the site has hosted Verse Novel week, a celebration of all […]

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Verse Novel Review: Dust of Eden by Mariko Nagai

July 8, 2015by Nafiza Leave a comment

Hardcover, 121 pages Published March 1st 2014 by Albert Whitman & Company Source: Library  Dust of Eden focalizes on Mina Tagawa who, along with her family and other Japanese Americans, is […]

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History, Review, Verse Novel, Verse Novels

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle with art by Sean Qualls

July 1, 2015by Nafiza 2 Comments

Hardcover, 192 pages Published April 4th 2006 by Henry Holt and Co. Source: Library Margarita Engle brings to vivid life the poet slave of Cuba, Juan Francisco Manzano. The book […]

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Diverse, Diversity, Review, Verse Novels

July 2015: Poetry and Verse Novel Month

July 1, 2015by Janet 4 Comments

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!! This month’s theme is poetry and verse novel month – because there are so many poems and verse novels that we couldn’t wait any longer to write […]

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