New Moon...sneak peak

This was shot by a fan in the crowd during a sneak peak of New Moon at Comic-Con.

Novels in Verse

I recently read Far From You by Lisa Schroeder, a great book written in verse. Alice is struggling with her new family, including stepmother and new baby sister. A harrowing car trip through a blizzard helps bring life into focus.

Novels written in poetry are a unique reading experience. Here are a few ideas you might enjoy:


What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
A Bad Boy Can be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone
Walking on Glass by Alma Fullerton
Nothing by Robin Friedman
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Shakespeare Bats Clean-Up by Ron Koertge
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
Heaven Looks a lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass
Rubber Houses by Ellen Yeomans

Faeries

I finally broke my streak of realistic fiction with Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston, a great story about a faerie princess. Here are a few more books about the faerie realm you might like:

Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
The Hunter's Moon by O.R. Melling
Aurelie: a Faerie Tale by Heather Tomlinson
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner

Buffy takes on Edward

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More Realistic Fiction

My streak of realistic fiction continues with a few more recommendations...

Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
Carly comes back from a summer of volunteering with a changed attitude that clashes with her life of privilege and causes problems between her and younger sister Anna.

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Auden, an insomniac, needs a change and decides to spend the summer with her father, step-mother, and their new baby. While walking the baby late one night she meets, Eli, a fellow insomniac, who helps Auden deal with her parents divorce and her father's new family.


North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
A trip to China and a boy named David help Terra, a gifted artist, change her perspective about the port-wine birthmark on her face.