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Bauer, Joan - Rules of the Road

"Never eat at a place called Mom's, because it's a safe bet Mom's been dead for years." That's just one of the "great road truths" that 10th-grader Jenna Boller learns when she is chosen to drive from Chicago to Texas in a huge Cadillac with the elderly Mrs. Gladstone, owner of the shoe company where Jenna works. 

Brashares, Ann - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Four best friends share a pair of jeans through a summer of traveling, working, and new true love. 

Cabot, Meg - The Princess Diaries (book, audio); Princess in the Spotlight (book, audio); Princess in Love

Mia Thermopolis is an average ninth grader. But when she finds out she's the princess of a small foreign country, her whole world turns upside down! In Princess in the Spotlight, Mia has a secret admirer who causes a minor royal scandal. Princess in Love continues Mia's saga. The Princess Diaries   AGP-8162 Princess in the Spotlight   Princess in Love 

Creech, Sharon - Bloomability

When Dinnie's uncle and aunt take her on a trip, it's not kidnapping, but it feels like it to Dinnie. When they drop her off at an international school in Switzerland, it feels as though she's on another planet! And that's just the beginning… 

Danziger, Paula - The Divorce Express

Since her parents' recent divorce, Phoebe must learn to create a new life in Woodstock while trying to juggle her part-time life in New York City. How can you have a boyfriend when you're gone every other weekend? 

Keller, Beverly - Amazon Papers

At fifteen, Iris is 5' 10" and more interested in sports and working on her mother's old Chevy than in looking for love. After her mother goes off on vacation, Iris copes with broken toes, a cast of zany characters, and a series of misadventures that lead her to Mr. Right. 

Kindle, Patrice - Goose Chase

The Goose Girl lives under a curse to make her "lovely as the dawn" and only learns of her true identity after many narrow escapes and much adventure involving a vile king, a young prince who is just learning how to be brave, and a gaggle of unruly geese.

Koertge, Ronald - Confess-O-Rama

When Tony's 3rd stepfather dies, he ends up taking care of his grieving mother and moving to a new school. His plans to keep a low profile don't stand a chance when he meets Jordan, a sixteen-year-old artist who dresses in black and wears padlocks, chains, and outrageous bras to protest sexism 

Koertge, Ronald - Where the Kissing Never Stops

A high school junior who is having a difficult time dealing with his father's death and his mother's new job as a stripper meets a girl who makes him realize that life is okay after all. 

Korman, Gordon - Losing Joe's Place

Jason and his two friends share the ultimate summer experience--a summer on their own in a borrowed city apartment with some of the funniest and weirdest neighbors around. 

Lipsyte, John - One Fat Summer

An overweight teenage boy has a remarkable summer in spite of dreading it. He is stalked by the guy whose lawn mowing job he got. His parents make his life miserable, and his best friend leaves without telling him why. But he finally learns how to stand up for himself. 

McCants, William D. - Much Ado about Prom Night

Rebecca is the head of her high school's Peer Counseling Network (which she started after the school's guidance counselors were laid off), battling with the head of the school newspaper, arguing with her younger brother , and is now dateless for the prom. What's a girl to do? 

Myers, Walter Dean - Mouse Rap

Mouse, Styx, Bev, and Sheri are four young teens in Harlem trying to liven up their summer. Bev seems mostly interested in locking lips with Mouse. Sheri wants the crew to join a dance contest. Mouse and Styx however, want to profit from some hidden loot they have heard is in an abandoned building.

Paulsen, Gary - The Boy Who Owned the School: A Comedy of Love

Jacob Freisten wants nothing more than to be invisible. When Mrs. Hilsak assigns him extra credit as a stage hand on the school play, Jacob's days of being invisible might be over. 

Paulsen, Gary - The Schernoff Discoveries

Meet Harvey Schernoff, an unknown but brilliant scientist who is a hero in his own mind. Watch as Harvey and his friend tackle such tangled unknowns as girls, classes, the football team, and other uncontrollable high school forces. 

Rennison, Louise - Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging

Georgia Nicolson, in the throes of teen-hood, reveals in her diary her struggles to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood pets, and win the love of a handsome hunk. 

Rennison, Louise - On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

Join British teenager Georgia for a second round of complaints. She's got Robbie, a 17-year-old "sex god", for a boyfriend, but now she has to move to New Zealand because of her father's job. What else can go wrong? Rest assured, Georgia will tell you all about it. 

Thompson, Julian F. - Philo Fortune's Awesome Journey to his Comfort Zone

Philo Fortune has it made-a month off in the summer, a car, money, and a chance to take the road trip of a lifetime. It's not quite what he anticipated when he encounters a beautiful, yet troubled hitchhiking girl and a psychotic former CIA dog, and is kidnapped by a family of drug dealers. 

Van Draanen, Wendelin - Flipped

Told in the alternating voices of next-door neighbors Juli and Bryce, this is their story from second to eighth grade, and how Juli's crush on Bryce almost ends before he grows up enough to see her for the treasure that she is. 

Voigt, Cynthia - It's Not Easy Being Bad

In the third book in the Bad Girls series, best friends Mikey and Margalo make their way through seventh grade, each unpopular, but each true to herself and her best friend.

Wynne-Jones, Tim - Lord of the Fries and Other Stories

In this collection of funny and thoughtful stories, you will learn about the Lord of the Fries-a cook who seems mean but isn't, a birthday celebration for a dead author, and a boy who leaps from treetop to treetop as he tries to regain his voice after his father disappears.

Zindel, Paul - Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball

Two teenagers learn to accept each other and the unusual aspects of their lives when they share several odd experiences and help each other through some strange events. They each learn how to act and provide for themselves.