See below for lists of books organized by format, including graphic novels, books written in verse, books with non-traditional text features, and books written in alternating or multiple points of view.
Please click each title for an individual book summary and review, with a list of topics and themes, awards, and related book recommendations.
Please click each title for an individual book summary and review, with a list of topics and themes, awards, and related book recommendations.
Books Written in Verse
All the Broken Pieces
Booked
Brown Girl Dreaming
Forget Me Not
Garvey's Choice
Home of the Brave
Inside Out and Back Again
Knock Out
Locomotion
Long Way Down
Love That Dog
The One and Only Ivan
Orphaned (Ape Quartet #4)
Out of the Dust
The Red Pencil
A Time to Dance
Unbound
Booked
Brown Girl Dreaming
Forget Me Not
Garvey's Choice
Home of the Brave
Inside Out and Back Again
Knock Out
Locomotion
Long Way Down
Love That Dog
The One and Only Ivan
Orphaned (Ape Quartet #4)
Out of the Dust
The Red Pencil
A Time to Dance
Unbound
Graphic Novels or Comic Book Elements
All's Faire in Middle School
American Born Chinese
Awkward
Best Friends
Click
Dog Man
El Deafo
Ghosts
Harriet the Invincible: Hamster Princess
Hey, Kiddo
How to Train Your Dragon
Maus
The Nameless City
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
New Kid
Real Friends
Roller Girl
Smile
Stargazing
Star Wars:Jedi Academy
Sunny Side Up; Swing It, Sunny
American Born Chinese
Awkward
Best Friends
Click
Dog Man
El Deafo
Ghosts
Harriet the Invincible: Hamster Princess
Hey, Kiddo
How to Train Your Dragon
Maus
The Nameless City
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
New Kid
Real Friends
Roller Girl
Smile
Stargazing
Star Wars:Jedi Academy
Sunny Side Up; Swing It, Sunny
Books with Unusual Text Features
After Iris - diary entries and film scenes
Artemis Fowl - secret code
Bad Princess - top ten lists & more
Chasing Vermeer - code
Dear Mr. Henshaw - all written in letters
Everything on a Waffle - recipes
The First Rule of Punk - 'zines throughout the story
Free Thaddeus! - case file, assorted "artifacts"
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - copious detailed illustrations
The Next Great Paulie Fink - interview transcripts to show different POVs
Nothing But the Truth - letters, conversation transcripts, newspaper articles
The Potato Chip Puzzles - assorted puzzles for the reader
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda - assorted "case file" and journal elements
The Tapper Twins - journal "artifacts," text messages, photos, more
TBH This is So Awkward - all texting and emails
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet - assorted journal elements
Unusual Chickens for Exceptional Poultry Farmers - all written in letters
Vincent Shadow, Toy Inventor
Artemis Fowl - secret code
Bad Princess - top ten lists & more
Chasing Vermeer - code
Dear Mr. Henshaw - all written in letters
Everything on a Waffle - recipes
The First Rule of Punk - 'zines throughout the story
Free Thaddeus! - case file, assorted "artifacts"
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - copious detailed illustrations
The Next Great Paulie Fink - interview transcripts to show different POVs
Nothing But the Truth - letters, conversation transcripts, newspaper articles
The Potato Chip Puzzles - assorted puzzles for the reader
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda - assorted "case file" and journal elements
The Tapper Twins - journal "artifacts," text messages, photos, more
TBH This is So Awkward - all texting and emails
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet - assorted journal elements
Unusual Chickens for Exceptional Poultry Farmers - all written in letters
Vincent Shadow, Toy Inventor
Books Written in Alternating or Multiple Viewpoints
Re-Tellings, or Fresh Takes on Familiar Tales
Carry On
Ever After High: Storybook of Legends
The Goose Girl
The Magnus Chase series
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
The Percy Jackson series
The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet
The Smile
Ever After High: Storybook of Legends
The Goose Girl
The Magnus Chase series
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
The Percy Jackson series
The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet
The Smile