Prom
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Ashley is a senior who is not planning
to go to the prom, or to college. But when a teacher steals her
school's prom money, and her best friend Nat gets her to help with
an alternate prom, all her plans change. |
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Day
of Tears by Julius Lester
It's 1859 in Georgia, and Pierce
Butler's slaves are sold at auction. Their stories are told in
monologues and dialog...easy to read and impossible to forget. |
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Looking
for Alaska by John Green
Looking for a more exciting life when he
goes to boarding school, Miles teams up with his prankster roommate
Chip and a beautiful and reckless girl named Alaska. |
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Troy
by Adele Geras
It's all here; Helen and Paris and their
romance, the great Greek gods, bloody battles, and of course, the
horse. This novel brings the classic story of the Trojan War
vividly to life for today's teens. |
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Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin
After 15-year-old Liz is killed while
riding her bike, she finds herself in Elsewhere, an afterlife where
people get younger, not older. |
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Twilight
by Stephanie MeyerBella, the
new girl in town, falls for Edward. Then she discovers that he is a
vampire, but one who refuses to give in to his cravings to prey on
people. Especially her. |
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Blood
and Chocolate
by Annette Curtis Klause
After she falls for a human boy, a teenage girl werewolf is not sure
where she belongs. |
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The Body Project: An Intimate History of American
Girls
by Joan Jacob Brumberg
This eye-opening account of how teen girls' bodies were viewed in
the 19th and 20th centuries shows the evolution of the current
obsession with physical appearance. |
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Boy
Meets Boy
by David Levithan
The romantic entanglements faced by gay
teen Paul are part of the norm to everyone in his idyllic
non-homophobic town. |
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The
City of Ember
by Jeanne du Prau
The city is decaying and the spotlights
that are the only source of illumination in Ember are failing. Can
Lina and Doon decipher the instructions left by the Builders and
help everyone escape in time? |
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
by Michael Capuzzo
The mass hysteria that gripped the Jersey shore in 1916 and the voyage of the shark that caused it before man knew what a danger a shark could be. |
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Cuba 15
by Nancy Osa
Fifteen-year-old Violet brings her own unique ideas to the traditional celebration of her quinceanero. |
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
Christopher has some mysteries to solve, but he is autistic, so he approached them, and life, in a special way. |
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Feed by M.T. Anderson
In a futuristic society where teens have "feeds" implanted in their brains to read, write, control the environment and think for them, Violet rebels against the "feed." |
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The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
This easy-to-read, deeply moving story of a teen father and his baby daughter is a multiple award-winner. |
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My
Heartbeat by Garret
Freymann-Weyr
As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best
friend, 14 year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing. |
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The
Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
In this first book in a classic fantasy series, Princess Aerin, daughter of a king and a witch-woman, must call on both sides of her birthright to save her country. |
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The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones,
Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142
year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and
the United States. |
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A
Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
The incidents surrounding a true and horrible murder that occurred in upstate New York in 1906 form the backdrop in this coming-of-age story of a fictional teen girl. |
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Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
What happens to Jacob Todd when he
visits his grandfather's grave at the annual commemoration of the
Battle of Anhem is paralleled in time by events of the dramatic day
in World War II when retreating troops were sheltered by the family
of Geertrui Van Riet. |
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The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
With a bit of last
summer’s sand in their pockets, the Traveling Pants and the
Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer. |
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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi
Shihab Nye
Beginning with a
work inspired by the events of September 11, Naomi Shihab Nye brings
together 60 of her poems, including "Different Ways to Pray," "The
Palestinians Have Given Up Parties" and "Football." |