- Bennett, Cherie -
Life in the Fat Lane
- Lara's perfect world begins to crumble when she inexplicably
begins to gain weight--a LOT of weight. Nothing seems to stop the
weight gain, and Lara must begin to see her surroundings and herself
in a new way.
- Bunting, Eve -
Jumping the Nail
- Peer pressure comes to a head in a coastal California town when
the local teenagers challenge each other to jump from cliffs into
the ocean. Group pressure and manipulation turn the challenge dangerously
out of control.
- Cole, Brock -
Celine
- Left in the apartment with her 22-year-old step-mom, Celine
is a 16-year-old artist who is trying to graduate early, deal with
her pseudo-boyfriend Dermott, and help her 7-year-old neighbor Jake
handle his parents' divorce, all in an attempt to live up to her
father's charge to "show a little maturity."
- Cooney, Caroline -
Burning Up
- When a girl she had met at an inner-city church is murdered,
Macey channels her grief into a school project that leads her to
uncover prejudice that she had not imagined in her grandparents
and their wealthy community.
- Cooney, Caroline - The Face on the Milk
Carton (book,
audio)
- Janie is a normal 15-year-old with an average life until she
sees a picture of a missing little girl who looks just like her
on the side of a milk carton.
- Crutcher, Chris -
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
- The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence
of God, organized religion, suicide, and other contemporary issues
serve as the backdrop for a teen's attempt to answer a friend's
dramatic cry for help.
- Draper, Sharon -
Forged by Fire
- Following a fiery childhood catastrophe, Gerald is taken from
his drug-addicted mother to live with his loving aunt in a stable
home. When the aunt dies, Gerald is sent back to his mom and her
abusive new husband, where he has to protect himself and his new
step-sister from brutality and neglect.
- Ferris, Jean -
Bad
- Dallas runs with a fast crowd that deserts her after an attempted
robbery of a convenience store goes bad. Sent to serve time at a
Rehabilitation Center, she meets girls who are facing harder choices
than she, and facing them head-on. When her time is up, will she
return to her former life or find a new road?
- Fleischman, Paul -
Whirligig
- After killing a girl named Lea in a drunk driving accident,
Brent is commissioned by Lea's mother to build whirligigs at the
four corners of the United States. Brent's solo journey across the
country is interspersed with the stories of people whose lives are
touched by the wind-toys he has built.
- Gallo, Donald R. -
No Easy Answers: Short Stories about Teenagers Making Tough Choices
- Anthony Long is the school photographer and the equipment manager
for the junior varsity football team. When he takes his camera to
spy on their gym teacher, Ms. Jenson, Anthony gets the photo of
a lifetime, but revealing it could ruin someone's life. This is
just one of the dilemmas faced in this collection of stories.
- Howe, James -
The Watcher
- At the top of the dune. At the top of the stairs. There. See
her? All she does all day is sit and watch. She doesn't say anything.
She doesn't do anything. She just sits there and watches.
- Johnson, Angela -
Gone from Home: Short Takes
- This collection of short stories includes memorable characters:
a man colored orange who drives a convertible, a girl who lives
alone in a big house, and a boy who can't hear but sees everything.
Their stories will draw you in and change you.
- Mazer, Harry -
The Girl of His Dreams
- Sophie loves Willis, but is she the girl he has been waiting
for? Willis's dreams of racing against his idol, the runner Aaron
Hill, and of meeting that special girl sometimes seem impossible.
- Peck, Richard -
Last Safe Place on Earth
- As Todd starts his tenth grade year, he realizes that his "normal"
neighborhood is not as safe as it seems. His best friend seems to
be having more trouble at home. A local parents' group is trying
to get "evil" books banned from the school library. And something
is giving his little sister nightmares, in spite of the new babysitter
Todd has a crush on.
- Quarles, Heather -
A Door Near Here
- Katherine has taken over managing the family without even realizing
it. Her alcoholic mother is useless, there's no money, teachers
are getting suspicious, and her youngest sister is convinced she
can find the door to Narnia.
- Roybal, Laura -
Billy
- Billy hardly thinks of the day five years ago when his estranged
father kidnapped him from an Iowa softball field, but when he gets
arrested in a bar fight, his fingerprints churn up Billy's past
life and turn his world upside down.
- Sones, Sonya -
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
- This amazing story is of one sister's severe mental breakdown
and the younger sister's method of coping. Written as a series of
poems, each one fits to propel the reader into a remarkable comprehension
of emotion and sanity.
- Stoehr, Shelley -
Crosses
- Nancy used to be a good student, but it's amazing how much she
and Katie can break the rules without getting caught. After a long
friendship built on smoking, drinking, drugs, and cutting themselves
to escape the other kinds of pain in their lives, the two "bad girls"
start getting busted and Nancy finally has to face one of her worst
nightmares.
- Thomas, Rob -
Rats Saw God
- Steve York alternates between a 100-page essay and the current
events of his life to describe the good, the bad, and the ugly about
his astronaut father, his non-conformist friends, his first girlfriend,
and the traumatic events that have led him to jeopardize his high
school graduation.
- Trueman, Terry -
Stuck in Neutral
- Shawn McDaniels is a genius trapped in a helpless body who believes
that his father is trying to kill him to 'save' him from his misery.
- Wolff, Virginia Euwer -
Make Lemonade
- LaVaughn stops to help another teenage girl along the way on
her quest for a college education and a better life.
- Wolff, Virgina Euwer -
True Believer
- In this sequel to Make Lemonade, LaVaughn is now one year older
and in love with an old friend who has moved back into her apartment
building.
- Woodson, Jacqueline -
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
- Marie is in the cool clique with the other upper-middle-class
black girls. Then along comes Lena, "poor white trash" who enters
the semester late and befriends Marie. A strong bond develops in
spite of Marie's aversion to both Lena and the secret she shares
with her.
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