middle grade novels in verse: 2025

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5 participants (13 books)

01 Jan 2025—01 Dec 2025

Overview

- middle grade (& up to you — nearby children’s & YA) novels in verse
- diversity in writer & protagonist identities encouraged! 

I will be reading at least
  1. LGBTQ+ author
  2. disabled or neurodivergent author
  3. author outside the US
  4. black author 
  5. indigenous author
  6. immigrant author

IDEAS:

Book ideas include:

(Newer ones - last 5-10)

  • Alone
  • Before the Ever After
  • The Canyon's Edge
  •  Closer to Nowhere 
  • The Colors of the Rain
  • The Deepest Breath
  • The Door of No Return 
  • Forget-Me-Not
  • Good Different
  • How to Find What You're Not Looking For
  • I Am Kavi
  •  The Land of Cranes
  • The Lonely Book
  • Macy McMillian and the Rainbow Goddess
  • The Magical Imperfect
  • Mirror to Mirror
  • The Moon Within 
  • No Matter the Distance
  • Other Words for Home
  • Rez Dogs
  • Ruptured
  •  A Seed in the Sun 
  • Something Like Home
  • Starfish
  • The One Thing You'd Save
  • Unsettled
  • A Work in Progress 

(From 5+ years ago)
  •  The Crossover
  • Heartbeat
  •  House Arrest
  •  Locomotion
  • Love that Dog

Challenge Books

All books added
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow

Dear Mothman

Robin Gow

320 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Deer Run Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

Deer Run Home

Ann Clare LeZotte

224 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte

T4

Ann Clare LeZotte

108 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction historical middle grade poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Other Words for Home

Jasmine Warga

3 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Shari Green

240 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction middle grade poetry emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt

Redwood and Ponytail

K.A. Holt

424 pages • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade poetry emotional slow-paced
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry

Forget Me Not

Ellie Terry

2 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction middle grade poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
I Am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera

I Am Kavi

Thushanthi Ponweera

204 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical middle grade poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

192 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

2 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction health middle grade sports emotional slow-paced