Author
Paul Fleischman
3 books here
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Verse novel · ages 8–12 · 620L · 1988
A Newbery Medal masterpiece that teaches kids how to listen to nature through the architecture of two-voice poetry — kids discover they can read these aloud *right now* with a friend and it immediately sounds like music.
Breakout
Verse novel · ages 10–14 · 780L · 2003
A serious, polyglot poem about high school conformity and clique dynamics—the multiple voices let you see how the same moment looks different from each perspective, and it doesn't resolve too neatly.
Graven Images
Middle grade · age 10+ · 780L · 1999
A Newbery winner that trusts readers to piece together how the same carved figures mean radically different things to different people—quiet, layered, and genuinely teaches perspective without preaching.