Ariel Crashes a Train

Olivia A. Cole
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Cole)


Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.

YA Novels in Verse

  • Vinyl Moon


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • The Watch That Ends the Night


  • Louder Than Hunger


  • Shout


  • Forever is Now


  • Clap When You Land


  • Wings in the Wild


  • Spin


  • Saints of the Household


  • Punching the Air


  • Poisoned Apples


  • Baby Teeth


  • A Million Quiet Revolutions


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Boy Lost in the Maze


  • Other Words for Home


  • Thirty Talks Weird Love


  • Saving Red


  • Solo


  • White Rose


  • An Appetite for Miracles


  • Lawless Spaces


  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Every Body Looking


  • The Name She Gave Me


  • Enter the Body


  • A Time to Dance


  • We are All So Good at Smiling