Re: [Michlib-l] YA/Youth Novels In Verse

If the "classics" route appeals to you and your reader, then Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" are another possibility. And JRR Tolkien composed "lays" or long-form verse versions of several of the tales from his legendarium which might be of interest to teens with a strong interest in Middle-Earth and its lore. I seem to recall that several of them were never completed (just like that famous painting of Leaf by Niggle.) See the recently published three-volume "Collected Poems of JRR Tolkien", or "The Lays of Beleriand", the third volume of the History of Middle Earth collection. Bradley A. Scott, MLS Electronic Resources Librarian Mott Community College 1401 East Court Street Flint, Michigan 48503 810-762-0405