Best Novels in Verse Books for 7th Grade

Novels in verse tell full stories through short poems, which can make them quick and absorbing reads for seventh graders. Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, a Newbery Medal winner, follows twin brothers on and off the basketball court, and African Town by Irene Latham and Charles Waters gives voice to the people brought to Alabama on the last known slave ship to reach the United States. The page also includes Kareem Between and True Believer, both National Book Award winners.