Louder Than Hunger by John Schu—A middle-grade verse novel about disordered eating, this book features a 13-year-old boy with anorexia who loves to read. He's especially into poetry, with Emily Dickinson being his favorite poet. She's mentioned a lot in the story.

Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman—Like millions of readers, Agnes Corey adores The Secret of Wyldcliffe Heights, a Jane Eyre readalike that won its author legions of fans when it was published two decades ago. Blinded after a tragic fire that echoed events in her iconic book, author Veronica St. Clair has been a recluse ever since. A new employee at the bankrupt company that published the one-hit wonder, Agnes makes a desperate attempt to save her job by contacting Veronica and begging for a sequel. To her astonishment, not only does the author respond but she hires Agnes to transcribe the new novel. As she works with the author, fact starts to blur with fiction as Agnes learns what really happened on the night of the fire that stole Veronica's vision.