Middle Grade
2 books, newest first
Kin: Rooted in Hope2023 · Historical
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award 2024Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2024
Poems trace the authors' own African American family through more than 300 years in Maryland, from enslavement to freedom, mixing historical records, personal history, and imagined voices of enslaved ancestors.
You Can Fly2016 · Historical
NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2017ALSC Notable Children's Book 2017
The Tuskegee Airmen overcome racism and segregation to train as pilots and fly in World War II.
Young Adult
2 books, newest first
Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe2020 · Historical
Marilyn Monroe's life in verse, from a troubled childhood through fame and its costs.
Becoming Billie Holiday2008 · Historical
Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2009YALSA Best Books for Young Adults 2009
A fictional verse memoir of Billie Holiday's early life, from a hard childhood in Baltimore to her rise as a jazz singer.