2013 Verse Novels: A Incomplete List

Back in January, I went to the ALA Midwinter conference and the one question I asked every single publisher was about what novels in verse they had coming out this year. Unfortunately, I received more blank stares than answers, so I've had to do quite a bit of sleuthing to determine what we have to look forward to this year in terms of verse novels. ​So often, publishers don't even include if a novel is in verse in the synopsis, so it's really luck of the draw to find them. 

Hence, this is an incomplete list of 2013 verse novels. If you know of any that I've omitted, please drop a note in the comments. (Click on the image to learn more about each.)

The Weight of Water

By Sarah Crossan

Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War

By Helen Frost

Sisters of Glass

By Stephanie Hemphill

The Language Inside

By Holly Thompson

To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story

By Sonya Sones

Formerly Shark Girl

By Kelly Bingham

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist

By Ms. Margarita Engle

Odette's Secrets

By Maryann Macdonald

​Freakboy
By Kristin Elizabeth Clark

Out of This Place

By Emma Cameron

Smoke

By Ellen Hopkins

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Audacious
By Gabrielle Prendergast