16 Best poetry books like Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

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Turtle Under Ice

By: Juleah del Rosario

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A teen navigates questions of grief, identity, and guilt in the wake of her sister’s mysterious dis…

If you liked the poetry plot in Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario , here is a list of 16 books like this:

1. Written in the Stars

By: Aisha Saeed

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Nai… read more

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2. The Space Between Here & Now

By: Sarah Suk

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Suk's The Space Between Here & Now book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Kent State

By: Deborah Wiles

3.96

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Wiles's Kent State book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"When the State silences freedom of assembly and freedom to dissent, it silences the people it is sworn to protect."

-Deborah Wiles, Kent State

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4. White Rose

By: Kip Wilson

3.97

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college … read more

Similar categories in Kip Wilson's White Rose book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"I already know the idyll of my childhood is fading away, stomped flat by something that feels like doom."

-Kip Wilson, White Rose

"I close my eyes and pray that the world will somehow change. But I know it isn't going to change on its own, so I know I must pray for the courage to bring it about."

-Kip Wilson, White Rose

"We amble away from the city, away from all angst, into the heart of a fairy-tale forest that reminds me how very lucky we are to live and breathe on this great Earth flourishing with wonder."

-Kip Wilson, White Rose

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5. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley

4.08

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's Three Things I Know Are True book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

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8. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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9. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

Similar categories in Kate Leth's Mall Goth book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

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11. She's a Killer

By: Kirsten McDougall

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The world’s climate is in crisis and New Zealand is being divided and reshaped by the arrival of pr… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I’m a fan of unhappy endings. They’re more honest."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"The internet made you feel like something might happen."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"In times of crisis people look for guidance to great artists."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"I was capable of astral travel while looking like I was entirely present."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

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12. Turtle Under Ice

By: Juleah del Rosario

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A teen navigates questions of grief, identity, and guilt in the wake of her sister’s mysterious dis… read more

Similar categories in Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

13. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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14. Pillow Talk

By: Stephanie Cooke

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Grace Mendes a.k.a. Cinderhella is a fierce competitor in the PFF, a pillow fight federation that’s… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Cooke's Pillow Talk book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Each of Us a Desert

By: Mark Oshiro

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories… read more

Similar categories in Mark Oshiro's Each of Us a Desert book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The sound of sunlight is the gentle scurrying of lizards and mice, desperate to find shade and comfort. It's the earth, groaning and creaking as it wakes up, as the moisture within it is pulled away,…"

-Mark Oshiro, Each of Us a Desert

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16. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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17. Vinyl Moon

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Library Binding

A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong B… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Vinyl Moon book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Nothing Burns as Bright as You

By: Ashley Woodfolk

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Five starred reviews! From New York Times  bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk,  Nothing Burns as Br… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Woodfolk's Nothing Burns as Bright as You book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You flew through books, reading more in a week than some people did in a year."

-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You

"I get it, she says. And I go from feeling invisible to feeling like I fill the whole room, the whole building, the whole sky."

-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You

"Parents think they control us with their authority. But really the only reason we listen is because we're desperate for them to love us. And we're terrified that if we do too many bad things, they'll…"

-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You

"A Lie: You’re not my girlfriend The truth: we both know exactly who we are to each other If you want to get technical.. if you counted up the hours i spent thinking of you and the days we spent in yo…"

-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You

Cover of The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

19. The Name She Gave Me

By: Betty Culley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"

-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me

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20. When We Make It

By: Elisabet Velasquez

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it … read more

Similar categories in Elisabet Velasquez's When We Make It book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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21. Home Is Not a Country

By: Safia Elhillo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Home Is Not a Country book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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22. The Art of Taxidermy

By: Sharon Kernot

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Lottie collects dead creatures and lovingly cares for them, hoping to preserve them, to save them f… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Kernot's The Art of Taxidermy book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It was not beautifully remade; it was awkwardly dead"

-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy

"the songs of Oma's birds were the only sounds I wanted to hear."

-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy

"And Jeffrey's dark skin, amid a sea of white, made him an alien too. In the country of his ancestors."

-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy

"I can feel it, Annie whispered. The air is heavy with ghosts. The birds sing only sad songs. The ground swallowed many tears."

-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy

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23. And Don't Look Back

By: Rebecca Barrow

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After her mother’s death, a teen pieces together the truth of her family’s past and what her mom wa… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Barrow's And Don't Look Back book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Chlorine Sky

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

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25. Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more

Similar categories in Parisa Akhbari's Just Another Epic Love Poem book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of We Speak Through the Mountain (The Annual Migration of Clouds, #2) by Premee Mohamed

26. We Speak Through the Mountain (The Annual Migration of Clouds, #2)

By: Premee Mohamed

3.98

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

The enlivening follow-up to the award-winning sensation The Annual Migration of Clouds Traveling al… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's We Speak Through the Mountain (The Annual Migration of Clouds, #2) book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy) by Jarred Amato

27. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more

Similar categories in Jarred Amato's Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy) book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

Cover of A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2) by Natalie Caña

28. A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2)

By: Natalie Caña

3.79

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Santiago "Saint" Vega gets a second shot at love with Lola León, but when duty to his family forces… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Caña's A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2) book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • audiobook
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of What's Coming to Me by Francesca  Padilla

29. What's Coming to Me

By: Francesca Padilla

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant a… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Padilla's What's Coming to Me book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. Monarch Rising

By: Harper Glenn

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a chilling near-future New United States of America, Jo Monarch has grown up in the impoverished… read more

Similar categories in Harper Glenn's Monarch Rising book and Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook

28 Best fiction books like Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

Transform Your Habits

The Space Between Here & Now

Sarah Suk

4.09

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Kent State

Deborah Wiles

3.96

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White Rose

Kip Wilson

3.97

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Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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Rebekah Lowell

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