Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
15.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
Calliope June has Tourette syndrome. Sometimes she can't control the noises that come out of her mouth, or even her body language. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But soon the kids in her class realize she's different. Only her neighbor, who is also the class president, ...Show more
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann
21.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
When Amber runs, it's the only time she feels completely free - far away from her claustrophobic home life. Her father wants her to be a dutiful daughter, waiting for an arranged marriage like her sister Ruby. Running is a quiet rebellion. But Amber wants so much more - and she's ready to fight for it. ...Show more
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
20.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
'I loved every word' - Malorie Blackman 'Atta's bold verse novel calls to its readers to find their own blazing, performative inner truth' - Guardian A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo. A bold story ...Show more
Beauty Mark by Carole Boston Weatherford
37.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
In a powerful novel in verse, an award-winning author offers an eye-opening look at the life of Marilyn Monroe. From the day she was born into a troubled home to her reigning days as a Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe (n e Norma Jeane Mortenson) lived a life that was often defined by others. Here, in a l ...Show more
Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne
30.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our world even in the midst of pain.When Darius told Angel h ...Show more
Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois
23.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a girl rebuilding herself. Before the storm, thirteen-year-old Quinn was happy flying under the radar. She was average. Unremarkable. Always looking for an escape from her house, where her bickering parents fa ...Show more
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
24.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
"An absolute masterpiece." -Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet XFrom the first ever poet-in-residence at Lincoln Center comes a bold coming-of-age story told in verse about a young womanwho loses a best friend, but finds herselfin the process.The joys of basketball, the tum ...Show more
Wrecked by Louisa Reid
19.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
SELECTED FOR 2021's NATIONAL POETRY DAY A RECOMMENDED READ FOR EMPATHY DAY 2022 Shortlisted for Warwickshire Book Award and the Wirral Book Awards Longlisted for the Cumbria SLS Awards Joe and Imogen seem like the perfect couple -- they've been in a relationship for years and are the envy of their frie ...Show more
Alone by Megan E. Freeman
20.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction | Series: Alone Ser.
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town.When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a se ...Show more
Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango
19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
A heartfelt and moving novel in verse for readers 9+.who wants a temporary placeto act like a forever one?Especially when the social services people keep telling youover and over and over that placeis "safer" than your parentsis a "good" solutionis someone you're "extremely lucky"to have offered you a h ...Show more