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Aguirre, Ann	Enclave	YA FIC AGUIRRE
In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered with the mysterious outsider, Fade, she begins to see that the strict ways of the elders maybe wrong--and dangerous.
Alexander, Jill	Paradise	YA FIC ALEXANDER
Teenaged Paisley Tillery dreams a career as a professional drummer will take her out of her small Texas town, but when her country rock band gets a handsome new lead singer from Paradise, Texas, those dreams may change.
Almond, Steve	Candyfreak : A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America	338.4766 ALMOND
The appropriately named Almond goes beyond candy obsession to enter the realm of "freakdom." Right up front, he reveals that he has eaten a piece of candy "every single day of his entire life," "thinks about candy at least once an hour" and "has between three and seven pounds of candy in his house at all times."
Alphin, Elaine Marie	The Perfect Shot	YA FIC ALPHIN
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to see justice served.
Alsenas, Linas	Gay America : struggle for equality	YA 306.766097 ALSENAS
A survey of homosexuality in pre-modern America begins this outline of twentieth-century gay and lesbian life, ending with the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts in 2004.
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Fever, 1793	YA FIC ANDERSON
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Forge	YA FIC ANDERSON
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Chains	YA FIC ANDERSON
Set in New York City at the beginning of the American Revolution, this book addresses the price of freedom, both for a nation and for individuals. Isabel was sold with her sister to a cruel Loyalist family even though the girls were to be set free upon the death of their former owner. She has hopes of finding a way to freedom and becomes a spy for the rebels, but soon realizes that it is difficult to trust anyone.
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Wintergirls	YA FIC ANDERSON
Eighteen-year-old Lia is haunted by her best friend's death from bulimia, as she struggles with her own eating disorder.
Anderson, M.T.	The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing : Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1. Pox Party	YA FIC ANDERSON
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War (part one of a two volume series).
Anderson, M.T.	Feed	YA FIC ANDERSON
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Austen, Catherine	All Good Children	YA FIC AUSTEN
In the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform and obey.
Averett, Edward	The Rhyming Season	YA FIC AVERETT
Loss marks Brenda's senior year in high school: her brother died the year before; her basketball coach leaves; and the local mill, the backbone of her town's economy, closes. When her eccentric English teacher takes over the basketball team, he establishes poets and their poetry as metaphors for basketball and individual personalities, with all triumphing as winners in this satisfying story.
Bacigalupi, Paolo.	Ship Breaker	YA FIC BACIGALUPI
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
Barnes, Jennifer	Every Other Day	YA FIC BARNES
Every other day, sixteen-year-old high school student Kali transforms into an invincible demon hunter, but when she sees that a popular fellow-student is marked for death in the next twenty-four hours, unfortunately it is the wrong day for Kali.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell	The Boy Who Dared	YA FIC BARTOLET
In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.
Bass, Ellen & Kaufman, Kate	Free Your Mind : the Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth - and their allies	YA 305.235 BASS
The book's six sections address topics like self-discovery and coming out, dealing with friends and first love, dealing with family, defending and asserting oneself in school, finding solace in spirituality, and locating community support. There are also chapters for parents and friends.
Berk, Josh	The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin	YA FIC BERK
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class.
Berne, Emma Carlson	Still Waters	YA FIC BERNE
When seventeen-year-old Hannah and her eighteen-year-old boyfriend sneak off to a broken-down old cottage at a deserted lake for the weekend, things do not go at all as planned.
Bertoletti, Susan Campbell	Black Potatoes : the Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850	YA 941.5081 BARTOLET
Presents the story of the 19th century Irish potato famine, including the causes, and the effects on the Irish people.
Bily, Cynthia A.	Homosexuality: Opposing Viewpoints	YA 306.766 HOMOSEXU
What are the causes of homosexuality? -- Should gay men and women serve in the military? -- Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry? -- What should schools teach about homosexuality?
Bjorkman, Lauren	My Invented Life	YA FIC BJORKMAN
During rehearsals for Shakespeare's "As You Like It," sixteen-year-old Roz, jealous of her cheerleader sister's acting skills and heartthrob boyfriend, invents a new identity, with unexpected results.
Black, Holly	The Poison Eaters, and other stories	YA FIC BLACK
A collection of spooky short stories that includes two dark tales set in the world of Tithe, a tour of a fairy market, and the story of a girl who challenges the devil to a competitive eating match.
Bloor, Edward	Tangerine	YA FIC BLOOR
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Blume, Judy	Then Again, Maybe I Won't	YA FIC BLUME
Ever since his dad got rich from an invention and his family moved to a wealthy neighborhood on Long Island, Tony Miglione’s life has been turned upside down. For starters, there’s his new friend, Joel, who shoplifts. Then there’s Joel’s sixteen-year-old sister, Lisa, who gets undressed every night without pulling down her shades. And there’s Grandma, who won’t come down from her bedroom. On top of all that, Tony has a whole bunch of new questions about growing up. . . .
Blundell, Judy	What I Saw and How I Lied	YA FIC BLUNDELL
When Evie's stepfather returns home from World War II, he brings her and her beautiful mother to Florida where a handsome army buddy enters their lives and sweeps Evie off her feet. In this mystery/coming of age story, a disappointing and potentially devastating love triangle ensues.
Booth, Coe	Tyrell	YA FIC BOOTH
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
Booth, Coe	Bronxwood	YA FIC BOOTH
Tyrell's father is just out of jail, his brother is in foster care and his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there's another thing up in his face. Tyrell's father has plans of his own, and doesn't seem to care whether or not Tyrell wants to go along with them. Tyrell can see the crash that's coming - with his dad, with the rest of his family, with the girls he's seeing - but he's not sure he can stop it.
Boyne, John	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	YA FIC BOYNE
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Bradbury, Jennifer	Shift	YA FIC BRADBURY
When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.
Brande, Robin	Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature	YA FIC BRANDE
High school freshman Mena has lost all her friends, been banned from her church youth group, and has been forever grounded by her parents - in one fell swoop - all because she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include Intelligent Design in her lessons on evolution.
Bray, Libba	Going Bovine	YA FIC BRAY
Cameron, a sixteen-year-old slacker, sets off on a madcap road trip along with a punk angel, a dwarf sidekick, a yard gnome and a mad scientist to save the world and perhaps his own life.
Bray, Libba	A Great and Terrible Beauty: Gemma Doyle Trilogy 1	YA FIC BRAY
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
Brennan, Sarah Rees	The Demon's Lexicon	YA FIC BRENNAN
Sixteen-year-old Nick and his family have battled magicians and demons for most of his life, but when his brother, Alan, is marked for death while helping new friends Jamie and Mae, Nick's determination to save Alan leads him to uncover a devastating secret. This is the first book in a trilogy.
Brooks, Kevin	Road of the Dead	YA FIC BROOKS
Ruben Ford, 14, feels things. When his sister is murdered on the English moors, he knows she's dead even though he's home in London. He and his brother, Cole, 17, are freakishly linked by Ruben's power to feel what Cole feels. This is the story of the boys' journey from their half-gypsy home on a London junk lot to the ghostly moors of Devon, where they hope and fear to find the truth about their sister's death.
Brown, Jennifer	Hate List	YA FIC BROWN
Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
Bryson, Bill	A Short History of Nearly Everything	YA 500 BRYSON
In his typically witty style, Bill Bryson takes his reader on an eye-opening tour of science from the Big Bang to the 21st century.
Cabot, Meg	Airhead Series: Book 1	YA FIC CABOT
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.
Cabot, Meg	Teen Idol	YA FIC CABOT
To research an upcoming movie role, teen actor and heartthrob Luke Striker goes undercover as a new student at a small Indiana high school. Junior Jenny Greenley is assigned to be his student guide, and she must swear to help keep his identity a secret.
Caine, Rachel	Morganville Vampires: Glass Houses: Book 1	YA FIC CAINE
It's a small college town filled with quirky characters. But when the sun goes down, the bad comes out.
Carey, Janet Lee	Dragonswood	YA FIC CAREY
In A.D. 1192 on Wilde Island, Tess, the daughter of a cruel blacksmith, is accused of witchcraft and must flee, but when she meets a handsome and enigmatic warden of Dragonswood who offers her shelter, she does not realize that he too harbors a secret that may finally bring about peace among the races of dragon, human, and fairy.
Carle, Megan	Teens Cook : How to Cook What You Want to Eat	YA 641.5 CARLE
Written by two teens who know what teens do and don’t know about cooking, TEENS COOK is an instructional cookbook that teaches young adults how to make great meals—and be confident and independent in the kitchen.
Carter, Nikki	Doing My Own Thing: Fab Life Novel	YA FIC CARTER
With a smash album and her own reality show, Sunday Tolliver has finally arrived. But success brings a whole new set of challenges including a diva cousin and a bad-boy rapper who are trying to get payback by wrecking her reputation, a gifted new collaborator who is trying to sabotage her follow-up album, and a more complicated love life.
Carter, Timothy	Evil?	YA FIC CARTER
Stuart Bradley, a gay teenager living in a conservative Christian town in Ontario, Canada, dabbles in several forbidden activities, and when word gets out, he and some other teens face grave danger from the fallen angels that are inciting hatred and extremism in the community.
Cashore, Kristin	Graceling: Seven Kingdoms Trilogy	YA FIC CASHORE
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Cast, P.C.	Marked : House of Night Series	YA FIC CAST
Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire--that is, if she makes it through the Change.
Castle, Jennifer	The Beginning of After	YA FIC CASTLE
In the aftermath of a car accident that killed her family, sixteen-year-old Laurel must face a new world of guilt, painful memories, and the possibility of new relationships.
Chbosky, Stephen	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	YA FIC CHBOSKY
15-year-old Charlie talks about his life in a series of letters to an unnamed recipient. An outcast, Charlie finds refuge in a group of older teens who take him under their wing. Included in the group is a boy who is gay and having his first love relationship with a closeted fellow student.
Chevalier, Tracy	Girl With a Pearl Earring	YA FIC CHEVALIER
The life of sixteen-year-old Griet is transformed forever when she goes to work as a maid in the home of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, who develops a fascination for his new maid.
Clare, Cassandra	City of Bones: Mortal Instruments Series: Book 1	YA FIC CLARE
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
Clark, Jay	The Edumacation of Jay Baker	YA FIC CLARK
Jay Baker, 15, has been having a tough time. Not only is his relationship with his best friend/longtime crush, Cameo Appearance Parnell, confusing him, but his parents' marriage also seems to be hitting critical mass. Footballer Mike Hibbard seems to have it in for him, too, and Jay can't for the life of him understand why.
Cohn, Rachel	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	YA FIC COHN
When Nick asks a total stranger in a New York punk club to be his girlfriend for five minutes, a chaotic night of music and romance ensues.
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl: Artemis Fowl Series: Book 1	YA FIC COLFER
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Collier, Kristi	Throwing Stones	YA FIC COLLIER
In 1923, in Pierre, Indiana, fourteen-year-old Andy realizes a dream when he makes the high school basketball team, but when an accident keeps him from playing, he ventures into journalism and begins to understand the meaning of sportsmanship
Collins, Suzanne	The Hunger Games	YA FIC COLLINS
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol, where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death. 24 will enter, only one will come out alive...
Collins, Yvonne	Love, Inc.	YA FIC COLLINS
When three fifteen-year-old Austin, Texas, girls who met in group therapy discover that they are all dating the same boy, they first get revenge and then start a wildly successful relationship consulting business.
Cook, Eileen	Unraveling Isobel	YA FIC COOK
When seventeen-year-old Isobel's mother marries a man she just met and they move to his gothic mansion on an island, strange occurrences cause Isobel to fear that she is losing her sanity as her artist father did.
Cormier, Robert	Heroes	YA FIC CORMIER
After joining the army at fifteen and having his face blown away by a grenade in a battle in France, Francis returns home to Frenchtown hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels betrayed him.
Coy, John	Crackback	YA FIC COY
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
Crocker, Nancy	Billie Standish Was Here	YA FIC CROCKER
When the river jeopardizes the levee and most of the town leaves, Miss Lydia, an elderly neighbor, and Billie form a friendship that withstands tragedy and time.
Cronn-Mills, Kirstin	The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills don't Mind	YA FIC CRONNMIL
Sixteen-year-old Morgan struggles with her growing attraction to a co-worker, her unsatisfactory relationship with her boyfriend, and with her own sexual orientation after a girlfriend is rumored to be gay.
Crowley, Suzanne	The Stolen One	YA FIC CROWLEY
After the death of her foster mother, sixteen-year-old Kat goes to London to seek the answers to her parentage, and surprisingly finds herself invited into Queen Elizabeth's court.
Culbertson, Kim A	Instructions for a Broken Heart	YA FIC CULBERTS
While high school junior Jessa is on a Drama Academy trip to Italy with ex-boyfriend Sean and his new girlfriend, she opens her heart to change by following all of the outrageous instructions in her best friend's care package.
Cusick, Richie Tankersley	Walk of the Spirits	YA FIC CUSICK
After losing everything in a Florida hurricane, seventeen-year-old Miranda and her mother move to her grandfather's home in Louisiana, where she falls in with an interesting group of students, and discovers that she can communicate with spirits like her grandfather did.
Damico, Gina	Croak Trilogy: Book 1	YA FIC DAMICO
Lex has recently descended into delinquency, and her parents have had enough. At the end of her junior year, she is sent to stay with her Uncle Mort in upstate New York. She discovers that the people of Croak are dedicated to releasing souls at the moment of death and ushering them to the Afterlife.
Daniels, Babygirl	16 on the Block: Babygirl Drama Book 1	YA FIC DANIELS
When she is expected to pay back her sister's old debt, sixteen-year-old Summer must take to the streets, learning hard, fast lessons about survival, loyalty, and love. Original.
Dashner, James	The Maze Runner Trilogy: Book 1	YA FIC DASHNER
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Davidson, Dana	Jason & Kyra	YA FIC DAVIDSON
Handsome and popular Jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious Kyra.
Davidson, Dana	Played	YA FIC DAVIDSON
When one of Ian's boys dares him to get plain-faced Kylie Winship to sleep with him in just three weeks, he thinks it will be a breeze. If he succeeds in playing Kylie, he'll be down with the most popular crew in his high school.
Davis, Sampson	We Beat the Street : How a Friendship Pact Led to Success	YA 610.922 DAVIS
"What started out as skipping class turned out to be the most significant experience of our lives," says George Jenkins, who, together with Sampson Davis and Rameck Hunt, made a teenage pact to leave their impoverished New Jersey neighborhood, attend medical school, and become doctors.
De la Cruz, Melissa	Blue Bloods Series: Book 1	YA FIC DELACRUZ
Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.
De la Pena, Matt	Ball Don't Lie	YA FIC PENA
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
De la Pena, Matt	Mexican Whiteboy	YA FIC PENA
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
Delany, Shannon	A Werewolf's Tale: A 13 to Life Novel: Book 1	YA FIC DELANY
Jessica Gillmansen, a high school junior, is hiding information about her mother's death when she meets Pietr Rusakova, a new student with a family secret of his own, and the two bond as she investigates local news stories about werewolves and the Russian mafia.
Deuker, Carl	High Heat	YA FIC DEUKER
When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.
Deuker, Carl	Heart of a Champion	YA FIC DEUKER
Jimmy Winter is a born star on the baseball field, and Seth Barnam can only dream of being as talented. Still, the two baseball fanatics have the kind of friendship that should last forever. But when Seth experiences an unthinkable loss, he's forced to find his own personal strength--on and off the field.
Deuker, Carl	Gym Candy	YA FIC DEUKER
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
Deuker, Carl	Payback Time	YA FIC DEUKER
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.
Deuker, Carl	Painting the Black	YA FIC DEUKER
After a disastrous fall from a tree, senior Ryan Ward wrote off baseball. But he is swept back into the game when cocky, charismatic Josh Daniels--a star quarterback with the perfect spiral pass as well as a pitcher with a mean slider--moves into the neighborhood.
Diepen, Allison van	Snitch	YA DIEPEN
Julia DiVino tries hard not to get mixed-up with the gangs at South Bay High School, but when Eric Valienté enters into her life, everything changes.
Diver, Lucienne	Vamped: Vamped Series: Book 1	YA FIC DIVER
After being turned into a vampire, Gina realizes that she, along with many other students from her high school, have become pawns in an uprising within the vampire world.
Donnelly, Jennifer	A Northern Light	YA FIC DONNELLY
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
Downham, Jenny	Before I Die	YA FIC DOWNHAM
A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
Dowswell, Paul	The Auslander	YA FIC DOWSWELL
German soldiers take Peter from a Warsaw orphanage, and soon he is adopted by Professor Kaltenbach, a prominent Nazi, but Peter forms his own ideas about what he sees and hears and decides to take a risk that is most dangerous in 1942 Berlin.
Draper, Sharon	Double Dutch	YA FIC DRAPER
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
Draper, Sharon	Just Another Hero	YA FIC DRAPER
This concluding volume in the trilogy that began with The Battle of Jericho (2003) and November Blues (2007), both Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books, continues the stories of a group of resilient urban high-school students.
Draper, Sharon M.	November Blues: Jericho Trilogy 2	YA FIC DRAPER
In this sequel to The Battle of Jericho, in which a tragic hazing accident caused Josh's death, his girlfriend, November, finds out she's pregnant. Without the support of her friends, November doesn't know what to do. Josh's parents and their lawyer offer to take custody of the baby and to pay for all of November's college expenses.
Draper, Sharon M.	Copper Sun	YA FIC DRAPER
Two fifteen-year-old girls, one a slave and the other an indentured servant, escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Dudley, David	Caleb's Wars	YA FIC DUDLEY
Fifteen-year-old Caleb's courageous commitment to justice grows as he faces a power struggle with his father, fights to keep both his temper and self-respect, and puzzles over the German prisoners of war brought to his rural Georgia community during World War II.
DuPrau, Jeanne	The City of Ember: Book of Ember Series 1	YA FIC DUPRAU
In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on assignment day to be a messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse unknown regions.
Dygard, Thomas J.	Infield Hit	YA FIC DYGARD
After transferring to a new high school during his junior year, Hal tries to make friends, gain a starting position on the baseball team, and hide the fact that his dad is a famous ex-major leaguer.
Efaw, Amy	After	YA FIC EFAW
In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.
Ehrenreich, Barbara	Nickel and Dimed : On (Not) Getting By in America	YA 305.569092 EHRENREI
To find out if individuals can survive on the "wages available to the unskilled," journalist Ehrenreich spent 12 months working at a variety of minimum-wage jobs. Her experiences offer a gritty glimpse into the world of day-to-day work, a stark picture of living from hand to mouth, and a personal perspective on the politics of welfare.
Elliott, L.M.	A Troubled Peace	YA FIC ELLIOTT
World War II may be ending, but for nineteen year old pilot Henry Forester the conflict still rages.
Elliott, L.M.	Under a War Torn Sky	YA FIC ELLIOTT
After his plane is shot down by Hitler's Luftwaffe, 19-year-old Henry Forester of Richmond, Virginia, strives to walk across occupied France with the help of the French Resistance, in hopes of rejoining his unit.
Emond, Stephen	Winter Town	YA FIC EMOND
Evan and Lucy, childhood best friends who grew apart after years of seeing one another only during Christmas break, begin a romance at age seventeen but his choice to mindlessly follow his father's plans for an Ivy League education rather than becoming the cartoonist he longs to be, and her more destructive choices in the wake of family problems, pull them apart.
Feinstein, John	Change up: A Mystery at the World Series	YA FIC FEINSTEI
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
Feinstein, John	Cover Up: A Mystery at the Super Bowl	YA FIC FEINSTEI
Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.
Feinstein, John	Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery	YA FIC FEINSTEI
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Ferguson, Alane	The Christopher Killer: A Forensic Mystery: Forensic Mysteries Book 1	YA FIC FERGUSON
On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.
Fisher, Catherine	Incarceron	YA FIC FISHER
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
Fisher, Catherine	Relic Master Series: The Dark City: Book 1	YA FIC FISHER
Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
Flake, Sharon G.	Who Am I Without Him? : Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives	YA FIC FLAKE
Hilarious and anguished, these 10 short stories about growing up black speak with rare truth about family, friends, school, and especially about finding a boyfriend.
Fletcher, Christine	Ten Cents a Dance	YA FIC FLETCHER
In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.
Fogelin, Adrian	The Big Nothing	YA FIC FOGELIN
A middle-schooler struggles to cope with major family problems, including a brother who might be heading for the Persian Gulf, but finds an escape in piano lessons and the dream of a romance with a popular girl.
Forman, Gayle	If I Stay	YA FIC FORMAN
While in a coma after her family is killed in a car accident, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, struggles to decide whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
Friend, Natasha	Lush	YA FIC FRIEND
Unable to cope with her father's alcoholism, thirteen-year-old Sam corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and asking for advice.
Gaiman, Neil	The Graveyard Book	YA FIC GAIMAN
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Gantos, Jack	Hole in My Life	YA BIO GANTOS
Jack Gantos sought his own real-life adventure after leaving high school, so he agreed to help smuggle a shipment of drugs from Florida to New York without considering the consequences. He was caught and sent to federal prison for six years where he began to look for role models and guidance in the pages of the books he read.
Garcia, Kami	Beautiful Creatures	YA FIC GARCIA
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Geerling, Marjetta	Fancy White Trash	YA FIC GEERLING
Fifteen-year-old Abby Savage hopes that her five rules for falling in love will keep her from making the same mistakes as her mother and two older sisters--all unwed mothers who have slept with the same man, among others--while she also tries to help her best friend Cody admit that he is gay, and decide how she really feels about Cody's older brother, Jackson.
Gladwell, Malcolm	The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference	YA 302 GLADWELL
This book presents a new way of understanding why change frequently happens as quickly and as unexpectedly as it does. It is because ideas, behaviors, messages, and products sometimes behave just like outbreaks of infectious disease. They are social epidemics and this book strives to examine the social epidemics that surround us.
Godbersen, Anna	The Luxe: Luxe Series: Book 1	YA FIC GODBERSE
In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of parents and others.
Grant, Michael	Gone: A Gone Novel: Book 1	YA FIC GRANT
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
Gratz, Alan	The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings	YA FIC ALAN
Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.
Gray, Claudia	Evernight: Evernight Series: Book 1	YA FIC GRAY
Sixteen-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds herself drawn to another outsider, Lucas, but dark forces threaten to tear them apart and destroy Bianca's entire world.
Green, John & Levithan, David	Will Grayson, Will Grayson	YA FIC GREEN
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
Hallaway, Tate	Almost to Die For: A Vampire Princess Novel: Book 1	YA FIC HALLAWAY
Caught between two worlds, Ana always thought she would join her mother's coven as a True Witch. But in true fairy-tale style, on her 16th birthday she finds out that she is not who or what she thought she was. She is a dhampyr princess—half-human and half-vampire. Her mom clings to the hope that Ana can still be a witch, but the teen crosses several boundaries toward becoming a blood-drinker.
Halliday, Gemma	Deadly Cool	YA FIC HALLIDAY
When sixteen-year-old Hartley Featherstone finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her, she goes to his house to confront him and suddenly finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery.
Halpern, Julie	Don't Stop Now	YA FIC HALPERN
Recent high school graduates Lil and Josh leave Illinois for Oregon seeking Lil's sort-of friend Penny, who faked her own kidnapping to escape problems at home and an abusive boyfriend, but Lil also wants to find out if she and Josh are meant to be more than friends.
Hamilton, Bethany with Bundschuh, Sheryl and Bundschuh, Rick	Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on Board	YA BIO HAMILTON
Bethany Hamilton, a teenage surfer, lost her arm in a shark attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. But not even the loss of her arm keeps her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.
Harris, Carrie	Bad Taste in Boys	YA FIC HARRIS
Future physician Kate Grable is horrified when her high school’s football coach gives team members steroids, but the drugs turn players into zombies and Kate must find an antidote before the flesh-eating monsters get to her or her friends.
Hartinger, Brent	Geography Club	YA FIC HARTINGER
A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.
Haugen, David	Social Justice	YA 303.372 SOCIAL
Discusses topics relating to social justice in the United States, including economic inequality, social justice for minorities, and policies promoting global justice.
Haugen, David, and Musser, Susan	Africa	YA 960 AFRICA
Opposing View Points Series
Hautman, Pete	What Boys Really Want	YA FIC HAUTMAN
Lita and Adam are "just friends." They might never agree on what happens in this book but they do manage to give the world a little more insight into what boys and girls are really looking for.
Hazuka, Tom	Last Chance First	YA FIC HAZUKA
Robbie Fielder is intrigued by Pet, the new girl who challenges the school's magazine drive. He is annoyed by his parents who see his valedictorian, football-playing brother as perfect and Robbie, the soccer-playing salutatorian, as a slacker. And despite his team's winning record, he is concerned about Coach Reynolds, his sadistic soccer coach.
Hegamin, Tonya	M+O 4EVR	YA FIC HEGAMIN
Opal, an African American high school senior, reexamines her life after her best friend (and first love) Marianne commits suicide. A touching if uneven debut about friendship, family and race.
Heiligman, Deborah	Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith	YA 576.82092 DARWIN
Provides an account of Charles Darwin's life and evolutionary theory, examining how his personal life affected his work and vice versa because of his wife's strong religious beliefs.
Hemingway, Ernest	A Farewell to Arms	YA FIC HEMINGWAY
An American ambulance driver serving on the Austro-Italian front during World War I falls in love and runs away with the woman who nurses him to health. (Recommended by colleges for high school reading.)
Hemphill, Stephanie	Your Own, Sylvia : a Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath	YA 811.6 HEMPHILL
Most people know little about Plath’s biography apart from its tragic ending. Appropriately, this powerful portrait uses verse to shed light on the life of the gifted poet.
Henderson, Lauren	Kiss Me Kill Me	YA FIC HENDERSON
Longing to be part of the in-crowd at her exclusive London school, orphaned, sixteen-year-old Scarlett, a trained gymnast, eagerly accepts an invitation to a party whose disastrous outcome changes her life forever.
Herbach, Geoff	Stupid Fast	YA FIC HERBACH
In his sophomore year, Fenton Reinstein's voice drops, he begins to grow hair all over his body, and he becomes "stupid fast." Previously indifferent to sports, he instantly becomes a star sprinter and is touted as the next savior of the football team before he has ever played a down.
Herlong, M.H.	The Great Wide Sea	YA FIC HERLONG
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea.
Heron, Ann	Two Teenagers in Twenty : Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth	YA 305.90664 TWO
A collection of 24 stories that focuses on feelings about being homosexual, reactions of friends and family, and first encounters with other gay people. .
Hinton, S.E.	The Outsiders	YA FIC HINTON
Written by the author at age sixteen, this coming-of-age tale, about three brothers struggling to stay together after their parents' death and their quest for identity, powerfully illustrates both sides of bullying.
Hoban, Julia	Willow	YA FIC HOBAN
Sixteen-year-old Willow, who was driving the car that killed both of her parents, copes with the pain and guilt by cutting herself, until she meets a smart and sensitive boy who is determined to help her stop.
Hopkins, Ellen	Burned	YA FIC HOPKINS
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
Hopkins, Ellen	Glass	YA FIC HOPKINS
Kristina is determined to defeat her crystal-meth addiction in order to keep her newborn child, but when she is unable to manage her use of the drug and the pull becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
Hopkins, Ellen	Fallout	YA FIC HOPKINS
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
Hopkins, Ellen	Crank	YA FIC HOPKINS
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.
Hubbard, Jennifer R.	The Secret Year	YA FIC HUBBARD
Reading the journal of the high-society girl he was secretly involved with for a year helps high school senior Colt cope with her death and come closer to understanding why she needed him while continuing to be the girlfriend of a wealthy classmate.
Hubbard, Jennifer R.	Try Not to Breathe	YA FIC HUBBARD
The summer Ryan is released from a mental hospital following his suicide attempt, he meets Nicki, who gets him to share his darkest secrets while hiding secrets of her own.
Huegel, Kelly	GLBTQ : the Survival Guide For Queer and Questioning Teens	YA 306.766 HUEGEL
Written in hip language and style, the book covers the basics in GLBTQ 101, then moves chapter by chapter through the primary issues and questions such as coming out; dating and sexuality; religion; and life at school, work, and home. Each chapter contains sidebar quotes from gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens and descriptions of appropriate resources such as books, organizations, and Web sites.
Hughes, Dean	Soldier Boys	YA FIC HUGHES
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.
Hughes, Dean	Search and Destroy	YA FIC HUGHES
Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.
Huntley, Amy	The Everafter	YA FIC HUNTLEY
After her death, seventeen-year-old Maddy finds a way to revisit moments in her life by using objects that she lost while she was alive, and by so doing she tries to figure out the complicated emotions, events, and meaning of her existence.
Hurley, Tonya	Ghostgirl	YA FIC HURLEY
After dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams.
Jaffe, Michele	Rosebush	YA FIC JAFFE
The morning after an epic Memorial Day party on the Jersey shore, Jane Freeman wakes up paralyzed, lying in a rosebush after a hit-and-run. Everyone believes it was an accident, but as friends come to visit in the hospital, Jane's memories begin to surface, not just from the party but from deeper in her past, including the night her best friend Bonnie died.
Jay, Stacey	Juliet Immortal	YA FIC JAY
For seven hundred years, the souls of Romeo and Juliet have repeatedly inhabited the bodies of newly deceased people to battle to the death as sworn enemies, until they meet for the last time as two Southern California high school students.
Jinks, Catherine	The Reformed Vampire Support Group	YA FIC JINKS
Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them - until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime.
Jobling, Curtis	Wereworld : Rise of the Wolf	YA FIC JOBLING
When a vicious beast invades his father's farm and sixteen-year-old Drew suddenly transforms into a werewolf, he runs away from his family, seeking refuge in the most out of the way parts of Lyssia, only to be captured by Lord Bergan's men and forced to battle numerous werecreatures while trying to prove that he is not the enemy.
Johnson, Maureen	The Bermudez Triangle	YA FIC JOHNSON
The friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other.
Jones, Carrie	Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend	YA FIC JONES
Belle is a high school junior who expects to marry her long-term boyfriend one day, until he tells her and their entire small Maine town that he is gay, and both face prejudice and violence even as they enter new relationships and try to remain friends.
Jones, Ryan	King James : Believe the Hype : the LeBron James Story	YA BIO JAMES
A biography of LeBron James, focusing on his stellar high school basketball career at St. Vincent - St. Mary High School in Ohio, and discussing the contest between Adidas and Nike to win his endorsement, as well as his signing with the Cleveland Cavs.
Jordan, Dream	Hot Girl	YA FIC DREAM
Kate, a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl and former gang member, risks losing her first good foster family when she adopts the risqué ways of her flirtatious new friend, Naleejah.
Kafka, Tina	Gay Rights	YA 323.326409 KAFKA
This is a great book for students writing reports and for those who have an interest in the topic. Kafka does a fine job of presenting differing opinions-and historical background-on such subjects as whether or not homosexuality is inborn or mutable, gay marriage, and so on, although the argument for gay rights comes across more strongly.
Kantor, Melissa	The Darlings in Love	YA FIC KANTOR
In this sequel to Darlings are Forever, the three Darling friends may be at different schools, pursuing their own interests, but they are still there for one another when it counts.
Kashyap, Keshni	Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary	YA GRAPHIC KASHYAP
Tina Malhotra, a sophomore at the Yarborough Academy in Southern California, creates an existential diary for an honors English assignment in which she tries to determine who she is and where she fits in.
Katcher, Brian	Almost Perfect	YA FIC KATCHER
Eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, with a big secret that could change everything.
Kephart, Beth	You Are My Only	YA FIC KEPHART
Tells, in their separate voices and at a space of fourteen years, of Emmy, whose baby has been stolen, and Sophie, a teenager who defies her nomadic, controlling mother by making friends with a neighbor boy and his elderly aunts.
Kerr, M.E.	Deliver Us From Evie	YA FIC KERR
Sixteen-year-old Parr Burrman and his family face some difficult times when word spreads through their rural Missouri town that his older sister is a lesbian, and she leaves the family farm to live with the daughter of the town's banker.
Kizer, Amber	One Butt Cheek At A Time : Gert Garibaldi's Rants and Raves	YA FIC KIZER
Gert is 15, and her best friend is Adam. Adam's gay, and has a crush on Tim, who has a twin brother, Lucas, that Gert likes. In this funny read, Gert shares her private thoughts about sexy boys, her aged parents, annoying teachers, and growing up.
Knowles, Johanna	Lessons from a Dead Girl	YA FIC KNOWLES
After her former friend Leah dies in an automobile accident, Laine remembers their troubled relationship, dating back to elementary school when Leah convinced Laine to "practice" in the closet with her, and Leah controlled her every thought.
Knowles, Johanna	Jumping off Swings	YA FIC KNOWLES
Tells, from four points of view, the ramifications of a pregnancy resulting from a "one-time thing" between Ellie, who feels loved when boys touch her, and Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life.
Koertge, Ron	Boy Girl Boy	YA FIC KOERTGE
Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are who they want to be.
Koertge, Ron	The Arizona Kid	YA FIC KOERTGE
From the moment sixteen-year-old Billy steps off the train in Tucson, he knows this will be a summer unlike any he's seen in small-town Bradleyville, Missouri. For starters, he's staying with his cool gay uncle, who has managed to get him a job at the racetrack caring for horses.
Konigsberg, Bill	Out of the Pocket	YA FIC KONIGSBE
As Bobby Framingham, quarterback of his high school football team, finally acknowledges to himself that he is gay, events start to spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the student newspaper and then in the local press, and he learns that his father has cancer.
Korman, Gordon	Son of the Mob	YA FIC KORMAN
Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
Krovatin, Christopher	Venomous	YA FIC KROVATIN
Since age eight, New York City high school junior Locke Vinetti has experienced bouts of overpowering anger, but now that he has friends who accept him and a true girlfriend, "the venom" threatens to destroy all that he loves.
LaCour, Nina	The Disenchantments	YA FIC LACOUR
Colby's post-high school plans have long been that he and his best friend Beth would tour with her band, then spend a year in Europe, but when she announces that she will start college just after the tour, Colby struggles to understand why she changed her mind and what losing her means for his future.
LaCour, Nina	Hold Still	YA FIC LACOUR
Ingrid didn't leave a note. Three months after her best friend's suicide, Caitlin finds what she left instead: a journal, hidden under Caitlin's bed.
Lake, Nick	In darkness	YA FIC LAKE
In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.
Larkin, Jillian	Vixen	YA FIC LARKIN
It's the Jazz Age, and 17-year-old Gloria Carmody wants to live it up. But that's not easy, as she is already engaged to the stuffy Sebastian Grey. Her inner flapper wins out, though, and Gloria is soon hanging out at a boozy Chicago club, attracted to the piano player, Jerome, who just happens to be black.
LaRochelle, David	Absolutely, Positively Not	YA FIC LAROCHEL
Steven isn't gay. Lots of 16-year-old boys enjoy square dancing and study International Male catalogues for grooming tips, right? Just in case, Steven decides to macho up with his new plan of Healthy Heterosexual Strategies: hang out with jocks, date pretty girls, and learn to belch.
Lecesne, James	Absolute Brightness	YA FIC LECESNE
In the beach town of Neptune, New Jersey, Phoebe's life is changed irrevocably when her gay cousin moves into her house and soon goes missing.
Levithan, David	Boy Meets Boy	YA FIC LEVITHAN
When Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more.
Levithan, David	Love is the Higher Law	YA FIC LEVITHAN
Three New York City teens express their reactions to the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and its impact on their lives and the world.
Levithan, David & Merrell, Bill	The Full Spectrum : a New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities	YA 306.766083 FULL
Original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s. The book includes a variety of writers--gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transitioning, and questioning--on a variety of subjects: coming out, family, friendship, religion/faith, first kisses, break-ups, and many others.
Lieberman, Leanne	Gravity	YA FIC LIEBERMA
Ellie Gold is an orthodox Jewish teenager living in Toronto in the late eighties. Ellie has no doubts about her strict religious upbringing until she falls in love with another girl at her grandmother's cottage. Aware that homosexuality clashes with Jewish observance, Ellie feels forced to either alter her sexuality or leave her community.
Limb, Sue	Girl, (nearly) 16, absolute torture	YA FIC LIMB
Jess knows her summer plans are ruined but little could she imagine the huge surprise that awaits her when she visits her dad's home for the first time in years.
Limb, Sue	Girl, 15, Charming but Insane	YA FIC LIMB
15-year-old Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
Lindsey, Mary	Shattered Souls	YA FIC LINDSEY
When a Texas high school student starts hearing voices she assumes she is schizophrenic like her father, but instead she finds out that she is a "Speaker," who can communicate with the dead in order to help their troubled souls find resolution.
Lo, Malinda	Ash	YA FIC LO
In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves.
Lockhart, E.	Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver	YA FIC LOCKHART
Now a senior at her Seattle prep school, Ruby continues her angst-filled days coping with the dilemmas of boyfriends, college applications, her parents' squabbling, and realizing that her "deranged" persona may no longer apply.
Lockhart, E.	The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks	YA FIC LOCKHART
Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks
Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars	YA FIC LOWRY
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Lubar, David	Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie	YA FIC LUBAR
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
Ludwig, Elisa	Pretty Crooked	YA FIC LUDWIG
High school sophomore Willa and her artist mother move to Arizona where Willa starts attending an elite prep school after her mother finally sells some paintings, and Willa attempts to even things out by stealing from the rich students and giving to the poor ones.
Lupica, Mike	Hero	YA FIC LUPICA
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until the "Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
Lupica, Mike	Travel Team	YA FIC LUPICA
After he is cut from his travel basketball team - the very same team that his father once led to national prominence - twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
Lynch, Chris	All the Old Haunts	YA FIC LYNCH
This collection of 10 short stories explores various themes including young love gone wrong, an unexpected pregnancy, exploration of sexuality, father/son relationships, an evil twin, and a visitation from a dead cousin.
Mackler, Carolyn	Tangled	YA FIC MACKLER
After a short stay at a Caribbean resort, the lives of four very different teenagers become entangled in ways that none of them could have imagined.
Madigan, L.K.	Flash Burnout	YA FIC MADIGAN
When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, fifteen-year-old Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa’s long-lost meth addicted mom. The drama that ensues opens up a world of trouble for both him and Marissa.
Mah, Adeline Yen	Chinese Cinderella : The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter	YA BIO MAH
The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after her birth.
Malkin, Nina	Swear	YA FIC MALKIN
In Swoon, Connecticut, seventeen-year-old Dice's life is returning to normal after Sinclair stole her heart and disappeared, but when her best friend's boyfriend goes missing Dice finds that Sinclair and an old promise are involved and she must, reluctantly, use her special abilities again.
Malloy, Brian	Twelve Long Months	YA FIC MALLOY
From the end of her senior year at Minnesota's Le Seur High School through her first year as a physics major at Columbia University, Molly Swain finds the inner strength and good friends to help her cope with huge challenges, including learning that the boy she loves is gay.
Marchetta, Melina	Finnikin of the Rock: Lumatere Chronicles (1)	YA FIC MARCHETT
Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere.
Marchetta, Melina	Froi of the Exiles: Lumatere Chronicles (2)	YA FIC MARCHETTA
Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been taken roughly and lovingly in hand by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family but is soon sent on a secretive mission to the kingdom of Charyn where he must unravel both the dark bonds of kinship and the mysteries of a half-mad princess.
Marcus, Eric	What If Someone I Know is Gay? : Answers to Questions About What it Means to Be Gay and Lesbian	YA 306.766 MARCUS
Offers answers to questions young readers might ask about gay people, whether those questions concern a friend, a family member, or themselves.
Marino, Alfred C.	Pinned	YA FIC MARINO
Alternating story lines converge to introduce two very different, talented but flawed high school athletes whose sports careers peak when they meet in the finals of the 129-pound division of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.
Marino, Peter	Magic and Misery	YA FIC MARINO
At 17, TJ has never had a boyfriend. After she bonds with the gorgeous new guy, she dreams they will hook up, even after he comes out and announces to the whole class he is gay.
Martino, Alfred C.	Over the End Line	YA FIC MARTINO
After scoring the winning goal in the county soccer championship, New Jersey high school senior Jonny finally attains some of the popularity enjoyed by his best friend Kyle, until a devastating event changes everything.
Mayer, Julia	Eyes in the Mirror	YA FIC MAYER
Samara is a troubled and lonely adolescent prone to cutting, and desperately craves both intimacy and escape from her unfulfilled life, until she meets her reflection, Dee, the seeming answer to all her problems.
Mazer, Harry	Somebody Please Tell Me Who I Am	YA FIC MAZER
Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his autistic brother.
Mazer, Harry	Heroes Don't Run	YA FIC MAZER
To honor his father who died during the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam eagerly enlists in the Marines in 1944, survives boot camp, and faces combat on the tiny island of Okinawa.
Mazer, Harry	The Last Mission	YA FIC MAZER
In 1944 a 15-year-old Jewish boy tells his family he will travel in the West but instead, enlists in the United States Air Corps and is subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans.
McCormick, Patricia	Cut	YA MCCORMICK
While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better.
McDaniel, Lurlene	Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas	YA FIC MCDANIEL
The three novellas in this collection have a common thread; they're all stories about protagonists who must face situations that require them to deal with a time anomaly or outright time travel.
McDonald, Abby	Getting Over Garrett Delaney	YA FIC MCDONALD
Seventeen-year-old Sadie Allen has spent the last two years pining for her best friend, Garrett, but when he heads off to literary camp for the summer without her, she decides to kick her unrequited crush for good, with the help of her co-workers, another boy, and her own summer twelve-step program.
McNeil, Gretchen	Possess	YA FIC MCNEIL
Enlisted to help in dangerous cases of demonic possession, a teenaged exorcist discovers a race of part-demons intent on raising their forefathers to the earth in human form.
Medina, Nico	The Straight Road to Kylie	YA FIC MEDINA
He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through senior year with his posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan -- in an inebriated lapse of judgment -- sleeps with a friend of his...a girl friend!
Medley, Linda	Castle Waiting	YA GRAPHIC CASTLE
A long time ago in the happy kingdom of Putney, a king and a queen accidentally snub the local wicked witch. The result is the standard curse: a 100-year sleep brought on, you guessed it, when the princess pricks her finger on a needle. But what happens after the princess awakes and goes off with her charming prince?
Medley, Linda	Castle Waiting Volume 2	YA GRAPHIC CASTLE
This volume begins with the arrival of Tolly and Dayne, two dwarfs visiting their friend Henry, the castle's smith. The clever and kindhearted Tolly quickly befriends the castle's younger inhabitants, leading simple Simon and young mother Jain on adventures through lost rooms and secret passages.
Merrell, Billy	Talking in the Dark : a Poetry Memoir	YA 811.6 MERRELL
A memoir told in verse involving a recollection of the author's faltering family life as well as his acceptance of his own homosexuality.
Mikaelsen, Ben	Touching Spirit Bear	YA FIC MIKAELSEN
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole agrees to participate in an alternative prison sentencing program based on Native American Circle Justice and is sent to a remote Alaskan island.
Miller, Mary Beth	On the Head of a Pin	YA FIC MILLER
While drinking alcohol and playing with a loaded gun at a party, a teenage boy accidentally shoots and kills another student and then tries to conceal her death.
Milner, Kelly	Girl Meets Boy: Because There are Two Sides to Every Story (Short Stories)	YA FIC GIRLS
Twelve authors of young adult fiction collaborate on this collection of paired stories told alternately from the point of view of the boy and the girl.
Mitchard, Jacquelyn	All We Know of Heaven	YA FIC MITCHARD
When Maureen and Bridget, two sixteen-year-old best friends who look like sisters, are in a terrible car accident and one of them dies, they are at first incorrectly identified at the hospital, and then, as Maureen achieves a remarkable recovery, she must deal with the repercussions of the accident, the mix-up, and some choices she made while she was getting better.
Moore, Perry	Hero	YA FIC MOORE
At the same time that he's coming to terms with his sexual orientation, basketball star Thom Creed is trying to figure out exactly what his untrained superpowers can do. In an attempt to break away from his seemingly non-understanding father (an ex-hero with something to hide) and homophobic community, Thom runs away, only to find himself in the middle of a multi-hero rescue operation.
Moore, Peter	Red Moon Rising	YA FIC MOORE
In a world where vampires dominate and werewolves are despised, a teenaged half-vampire discovers his recessive werewolf genes are developing with the approaching full moon.
Moranville, Sharelle Byars	A Higher Geometry	YA FIC MORANVIL
While grieving the death of her grandmother in 1959, teenager Anna is torn between her aspirations to study math in college and her family's expectations that she will marry and become a homemaker after high school.
Moriarty, Jaclyn	The Year of Secret Assignments	YA FIC MORIARTY
A tenth grade English teacher attempts to unite feuding schools by launching a pen-pal project. Best friends Cassie, Emily, and Lydia initiate the correspondence, and are answered by Matthew, Charlie, and Seb. Emily and Lydia are more than pleased with their matches, but quiet Cassie has a frightening experience with Matthew.
Morris, Paula	Dark Souls	YA FIC MORRIS
Sixteen-year-old Miranda Tennant arrives in York, England, with her parents and brother, trying to recover from the terrible accident that killed her best friend, and while in the haunted city she falls in love for the first time as two boys, one also suffering from a great loss and the other a ghost, fight for her attentions.
Mortenson, Greg	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace - One School at a Time	371.82209549 MORTENSO
The author recounts the experiences he had while trying to help impoverished villages in Pakistan’s Karakoram Himilaya build schools for their children.
Mowry, Jess	Babylon Boyz	YA FIC MOWRY
Pook is 14, gay and out. Wyatt, 13, is seriously overweight. Dante, also 13, was born to a drug-addicted mother, and needs a heart operation or he'll die. When the three inner-city teens find a suitcase full of cocaine, they must decide whether to sell it and take the opportunities the money would provide or to destroy it to keep the drug from poisoning their community.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert	Dairy Queen	YA MURDOCK
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, DJ decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Murphy, Jim	An American Plague : the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793	YA 614.541097 MURPHY
It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city's residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name--yellow fever--but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown and there is no cure. This powerful dramatic account by award-winning author Jim Murphy traces the devastating course of the epidemic.
Myers, Walter Dean	Autobiography of my Dead Brother	YA FIC MYERS
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.
Myers, Walter Dean	145th Street: Short Stories	YA FIC MYERS
Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem.
Myers, Walter Dean	Bad Boy: A Memoir	YA BIO MYERS
In this memoir Walter Dean Myers travels back to his roots in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is the story of one of the strongest voices in young people's literature today.
Myers, Walter Dean	Carmen	YA FIC MYERS
A policeman's obsessive love for a tempestuous wig factory worker ends in tragedy in this updated version of Bizet's Carmen, set in Spanish Harlem, and told in screenplay format.
Myers, Walter Dean	Game	YA FIC MYERS
If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially after a new--white--student threatens to take the scouts' attention away from him.
Myers, Walter Dean	Riot	YA FIC MYERS
In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
Myers, Walter Dean	Scorpions	YA FIC MYERS
After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.
Myers, Walter Dean	Somewhere in the Darkness	YA FIC MYERS
A poignant story of motherless, 14-year-old Jimmy Little, whose convict father takes him on a search for truth, identity, and family. Whisked away from the stability of a homelife with his devoted grandmother, Mama Jean, Jimmy confronts the harsh realities of his father's life on the run.
Myers, Walter Dean	Slam!	YA FIC MYERS
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
Myers, Walter Dean	Shooter	YA FIC MYERS
Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.
Myers, Walter Dean	Monster	YA FIC MYERS
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Myers, Walter Dean	Harlem Summer	YA FIC MYERS
In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking African American magazine, "The Crisis," but soon finds himself on the enemy list of mobster Dutch Shultz. Includes real photos of people and places of Harlem in the 1920s.
Myers, Walter Dean	Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices	YA 811.54 MYERS
In each poem, a resident of Harlem speaks in a distinctive voice - offering a story, a thought, a reflection, or a memory.
Myers, Walter Dean	Handbook for Boys	YA FIC MYERS
Sixteen-year-old Jimmy, on probation for assault, talks about life with three old men in a Harlem barbershop and hears about the tools he can use to get what he wants.
Myers, Walter Dean	Hoops	YA FIC
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.
Myers, Walter Dean	Kick	YA FIC MYERS
Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.
Myers, Walter Dean	Street Love	YA FIC MYERS
With its dazzling, graffiti-esque cover and rap-like rhythms, the novel transforms the Romeo and Juliet story into an episode from the here and now.
Myers, Walter Dean	The Beast	YA FIC MYERS
A visit to his Harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he loves is using drugs give sixteen-year-old Anthony Witherspoon a new perspective both on his home and on his life at a Connecticut prep school.
Myracle, Lauren	Kissing Kate	YA FIC MYRACLE
Sixteen-year-old Lissa's relationship with her best friend changes after they kiss at a party, and Lissa doesn't know what to do - until she gets help from an unexpected new friend.
Namioka, Lensey	Ties That Bind, Ties That Break : A Novel	YA FIC NAMIOKA
When Ailin rebels against the age-old tradition of binding girl's feet, her intended husband breaks the marriage agreement. Her family, no longer willing to support her, thrusts her out, unprotected, into Chinese society.
Nix, Garth	Shade's Children	YA FIC NIX
One day, in the not-too-distant future, everyone over the age of 14 simply disappears. The remaining children are rounded up to live in dormitories. Once they reach their "Sad Birthday" they are sent to the "Meat Factory," where they are dismantled and used to make up the horrible half-human, half-mechanical creatures that fight the violent, ritualistic battles of the seven warlords who have taken over Earth.
Norris, Shana	Troy High	YA FIC NORRIS
Social outcast Cassie faces difficult choices about friendship, love, and popularity when the beautiful and aggressive Elena is transferred from Lacede High (Spartans) to Troy High (Trojans) and decides to exchange her Spartan football hero for a Trojan one, Cassie's brother.
Oliver, Lauren	Pandemonium	YA FIC OLIVER
After falling in love, Lena and Alex flee their oppressive society where love is outlawed and everyone must receive "the cure"--an operation that makes them immune to the delirium of love-- but Lena alone manages to find her way to a community of resistance fighters, and although she is bereft without the boy she loves, her struggles seem to be leading her toward a new love.
Oliver, Lauren	Delirium	YA FIC OLIVER
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.
Oliver, Lauren	Before I Fall	YA FIC OLIVER
After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
O'Malley, Bryan Lee	Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Vol.1)	YA GRAPHIC SCOTT
Scott Pilgrim is 23 years old, lives in a cold, unnamed Canadian town, plays bass in a band called Sex Bob-Omb and has a very cute 17-year-old Chinese-Canadian girlfriend, Knives Chau. His "precious little life" is amiably unstructured, and he drifts, happily unemployed, between band practice and time spent with Knives.
Oppel, Kenneth	Airborn	YA FIC KENNETH
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
Orwell, George	Animal Farm	YA FIC ORWELL
The motto of the animal community that satirizes communism is, "all pigs are equal, but some pigs are more equal." The farm is taken over by its overworked and mistreated animals, who set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality.
Paolini, Christopher	Eragon: Inheritance (1)	YA FIC PAOLINI
In Alagaẽsia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
Papademetriou, Lisa & Tebbetts, Chris	M or F?	YA FIC PAPADEME
Gay teen Marcus helps his friend Frannie chat up her crush online, but then becomes convinced that the crush is falling for him instead.
Parker, Robert B.	Edenville Owls	YA FIC PARKER
It's 1945, and Bobby and his suburban Boston friends spend their free time traveling to other schools to compete in basketball games. Their junior high does not have a gym or a coach, so when it is announced that independent teams will be included in the state JV tournament, this group of six friends who call themselves the Owls feels a new sense of purpose
Patterson, James	Maximum Ride Series 1: The Angel Experiment	YA FIC PATTERSO
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose
Patterson, James	Witch and Wizard Series 1: Witch and Wizard	YA FIC PATTERSO
This is the astonishing testimonial of Wisty and Whit Allgood, a sister and brother who were torn from their family in the middle of the night, slammed into prison, and accused of being a witch and wizard. They are not alone in their terrifying predicament. Thousands of young people have been kidnapped. Some have been accused ; many others remain missing. Their fate is unknown, and the word is feared.
Patterson, James	the Dangerous Days of Daniel X: Daniel X Series: Book 1	YA FIC PATTERSO
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake.
Pausch, Randy	The Last Lecture	170.44 PAUSCH
College professor Randy Pausch, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, discusses how to overcome obstacles in one's life and achieve one's dreams.
Pearce, Jackson	Sweetly: Fairy Tale Retellings (2)	YA FIC PEARCE
When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, eighteen-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch-like monster begin to fade - until girls start vanishing at the annual chocolate festival.
Pearce, Jackson	Sisters Red: Fairy Tale Retelling (1)	YA FIC PEARCE
After a Fenris, or werewolf, killed their grandmother and almost killed them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.
Pearson, Mary E.	The Adoration of Jenna Fox	YA FIC PEARSON
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Peet, Mal	Tamar : a Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal	YA FIC PEET
n England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family.
Peet, Mal	Keeper	YA FIC PEET
When acclaimed South American journalist Paul Faustino begins his interview with World Cup soccer star El Gato, he expects to be recording the thoughts of a goalkeeper at the height of his career. He never envisioned hearing about a young, lonely boy growing up in the middle of a rain forest, who wandered upon a mysterious soccer field and an apparition that appeared to him daily and trained him to become the greatest goalkeeper ever known.
Pelzer, David J.	A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive	YA 362.76092 PELZER
David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in the history of California, tells the story of how he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his past.
Perez, Marlene	Dead is Just a Rumor (4)	YA FIC PEREZ
Psychic teen Daisy Giordano has her hands full trying to find out who is behind the blackmail letters being sent to paranormal residents of Nightshade, while also worrying about her werewolf boyfriend going away to college and the possibly lethal cooking lessons she is taking with a sinister chef.
Perez, Marlene	Dead is Not an Option (5)	YA FIC PEREZ
In the beach town of Nightshade, California, home to both human and supernatural beings, the Giordano sisters find summer employment and uncover mysteries involving doppelgangers and oversized football players.
Perez, Marlene	Dead is So Last Year (3)	YA FIC PEREZ
In the beach town of Nightshade, California, home to both human and supernatural beings, the Giordano sisters find summer employment and uncover mysteries involving doppelgangers and oversized football players.
Perez, Marlene	Dead is the New Black (1)	YA FIC PEREZ
While dealing with her first boyfriend and suddenly being pressed into service as a substitute cheerleader, seventeen-year-old Daisy Giordano, daughter and sister of psychics but herself a "normal," attempts to help her mother discover who is behind a series of bizarre attacks on teenage girls in their little town of Nightshade, California.
Peters, Julie Ann	Far From Xanadu	YA FIC PETERS
In a small Kansas town, sixteen-year-old Mary-Elizabeth "Mike" Szabo tries to come to terms with her father's suicide and her own homosexuality.
Peters, Julie Ann	Between Mom and Jo	YA FIC PETERS
Fourteen-year-old Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky 2, some pet fish, and two mothers, whose relationship complicates his entire life as they face prejudice, work problems, alcoholism, cancer, and finally separation.
Peters, Julie Ann	By the Time you Read this, I'll be Dead	YA FIC PETERS
High school student Daelyn Rice, who has been bullied throughout her school career and has more than once attempted suicide, again makes plans to kill herself, in spite of the persistent attempts of an unusual boy to draw her out.
Peters, Julie Ann	Keeping You a Secret	YA FIC PETERS
As she begins a very tough last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school.
Peters, Julie Ann	Luna	YA FIC PETERS
Regan has always been there for her transgender brother, Liam, sacrificing her needs for his, but when he announces that he is ready to "transition" into Luna permanently, Regan is not sure she can handle the consequences.
Peters, Julie Ann	Grl2grl : Short Fictions	YA PETERS
The complexities of love, romance, and dating for gay teenage girls are explored in this collection of short stories.
Peters, Julie Anne	Luna: A Novel	YA FIC PETERS
With the help of his sister, Liam secretly transforms himself into a girl when evening falls, but although he wants to present his female persona to the world, he fears the reaction of the rest of his family.
Plum-Ucci, Carol	The Body of Christopher Creed	YA FIC PLUMUCCI
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
Polito, Frank Anthony	Drama Queers!	YA FIC POLITO
Meet Bradley Dayton -- a wickedly funny high school senior whose woefully uncool life always seems to be full of drama, even in the sorry little suburb of Hazel Park, Michigan. It's 1987, the era of big hair, designer jeans, and Dirty Dancing. George Michael has "Faith" and Michael Jackson still has anose. Brad, on the other hand, has a thing for acting, and while his friends are trying to get laid, Brad's trying to land the lead in Okla-homo!
Popescu, Petru	Weregirls: Birth of the Pack	YA FIC POPESCU
Sixteen-year-old Lily Willison becomes involved in a long-running struggle between magical forces of good and evil when the school soccer club she and her friends have organized is hijacked by a willful, overprivileged classmate
Porter, Sarah	Lost Voices	YA FIC PORTER
Assaulted and left on the cliffs outside of her grim Alaskan fishing village by her abusive, alcoholic uncle, fourteen-year-old Luce expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waters below, but when she instead transforms into a mermaid she is faced with struggles and choices she could never have imagined.
Powell, Laura	The Game of Triumphs	YA FIC POWELL
Fifteen-year-old Cat and three other London teens are drawn into a dangerous game in which Tarot cards open doorways into a different dimension and while there is everything to win, losing can be fatal.
Price, Charlie	Desert Angel	YA FIC PRICE
In the California desert, fourteen-year-old Angel is on the run from the man who abused her, killed her mother, and intends to kill her too.
Priestley, Chris	Mister Creecher	YA FIC PRIESTLE
In 1918 London, fifteen-year-old Billy, a pickpocket, meets Mr. Creecher, a monstrous giant, and their relationship swiftly turns from pure convenience to a strong bond as they journey northwards on the trail of Victor Frankenstein.
Quick, Mathew	Boy 21	YA FIC QUICK
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
Rabb, Margo	Cures for Heartbreak	YA FIC RABB
As she navigates adolescence, ninth-grader Mia must deal with her mother' s recent death and her father's illness while she searches for friendship and love in the world around her.
Rachel, T. Cole, Costello, Rita D.	Bend don’t Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire	YA 811.008 BEND
Up-Created with the intent of addressing "what it means to come of age as gay, lesbian, transgender, or-totally confused and freaked out," this rich collection brings together 59 poems replete with GLBT teenage angst, confusion, fear, titillation, and joy.
Rallison, Janette	All's Fair in Love, War, and High School	YA FIC RALLISON
When head cheerleader Samantha Taylor does poorly on the SAT exam, she determines that her only hope for college admission is to win the election for student body president, but her razor wit and acid tongue make her better suited to dishing out insults than winning votes.
Ralston, Aron	Between a Rock and a Hard Place	796.522092 RALSTON
Ralston presents the full story behind the 2003 event that became worldwide news : the self-amputation of his right arm after it was caught between a boulder and a canyon wall.
Reed, Amy	Clean	YA FIC REED
A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve.
Reiss, Johanna	The Upstairs Room	YA FIC REISS
In this Newbery Honor book, Reiss writes a stirring, fictionalized account of her own experiences as a Jewish girl during World War II.
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley	Three Little Words : A Memoir	YA BIO RHODESCO
Taken from her mother when she was scarcely four years old, the author spent the next nine years in foster care with “more than a dozen so-called mothers.”
Rooney, Frances [edited by]	Hear Me Out: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia: A Project of Planned Parenhood of Toronto.	YA 306.766 HEAR
Twenty-two young people involved in a Toronto organization talk about the experiences that led them to T.E.A.C.H. (Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia), as well as their ups and downs as program volunteers and counselors-and beyond.
Rothenberg, Jess	The Catastrophic History of You and Me	YA FIC ROTHENBE
Shortly before her 16th birthday, Brie Eagan dies of a broken heart (literally) when her boyfriend, Jacob, tells her that he doesn't love her. What happens after her death, as narrated by Brie, carries readers to a complex afterlife full of surprises and challenges.
Rudetsky, Seth	My Awful Popularity Plan	YA FIC RUDETSKY
Chubby, Jewish, and gay high school sophomore Justin Goldblatt plans to become popular by the end of the year, but instead of dating the star quarterback he catches the eye of Becky, the quarterback's girlfriend, while his best friend, Spencer, stops speaking to him.
Ryan, Sara	Empress of the World	YA FIC RYAN
While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be difficult and confusing.
S., Tina and Bolnick, Jamie Pastor	Living at the Edge of the World : a Teenager's Survival in the Tunnels of Grand Central Station	YA 362.74 PASTOR
Between the ages of 16 and 20, Tina S. lived in the endless labyrinth of tunnels beneath Grand Central Station, where she panhandled, robbed and sometimes prostituted herself for money for food, liquor and drugs.
Sáenz, Benjamin Alire	Last Night I Sang to the Monster	YA FIC SAENZ
Eighteen-year-old Zach does not remember how he came to be in a treatment center for alcoholics, but through therapy and caring friends, his amnesia fades and he learns to face his past while working toward a better future.
Sáenz, Benjamin Alire	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	YA FIC SAENZ
In the summer of 1987 in El Paso, TX, two 15-year-old loners meet when Dante offers to teach Ari to swim, and they have a laugh over their unusual names. Though polar opposites in most aspects other than age and Mexican heritage, the teens form an instant bond and become inseparable.
Sanchez, Alex	Rainbow Boys	YA FIC SANCHEZ
Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other. This is book one in a trilogy.
Sanchez, Alex	So Hard To Say	YA FIC SANCHEZ
Thirteen-year-old Xio, a Mexican American girl, and Frederick, who has just moved to California from Wisconsin, quickly become close friends, but when Xio starts thinking of Frederick as her boyfriend, he must confront his feelings of confusion and face the fear that he might be gay.
Satrapi, Marjane	Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood	YA GRAPHIC PERSEPOLIS
Satrapi's autobiography is a timely and timeless story of a young girl's life under the Islamic Revolution.
Satrapi, Marjane	Persepolis 2 : The Story of a Return	YA 955.054209 SATRAPI
An account of Marjane Satrapi's experiences as a young Iranian woman cast abroad by political turmoil in her native country.
Savin-Williams, Ritch C.	The New Gay Teenager	YA 305.235 SAVINWIL
Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Ritch Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers--as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal--may have been exaggerated even twenty years ago, and is far from accurate today.
Schreiber, Ellen	Once in a Full Moon	YA FIC SCHREIBE
Seventeen-year-old Celeste Parker finds herself falling for Brandon, a boy from the wrong side of their small, midwestern town, even though she suspects that he is a werewolf.
Schroder, Monika	My Brother's Shadow	YA FIC SCHRODER
In 1918 Berlin, Germany, sixteen-year-old Moritz struggles to do what is right on his newspaper job, in his relationship with his mother and sister who are outspoken socialists, and with his brother, who returns from the war physically and emotionally scarred.
Schroeder, Lisa	The Day Before	YA FIC SCHROEDE
Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.
Schwab, Victoria	The Near Witch	YA FIC SCHWAB
Sixteen-year-old Lexi, who lives on an enchanted moor at the edge of the village of Near, must solve the mystery when, the day after a mysterious boy appears in town, children start disappearing.
Scott, Elizabeth	Living Dead Girl	YA FIC SCOTT
Kidnapped and raped when she was ten years old, Alice, now fifteen and still held captive, is forced to lure a child to be her successor.
Scott, Elizabeth	As I Wake	YA FIC SCOTT
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Scott, Elizabeth	Between Here and Forever	YA FIC SCOTT
When her older, "perfect" sister Tess has a car accident that puts her in a coma, seventeen-year-old Abby plans to bring her back with the help of Eli, a gorgeous boy she has met at the hospital, but her plans go awry when she learns some secrets about both Tess and Eli, enabling her to make some decisions about her own life.
Sewell, Earl	Keysha's Drama	YA PAP KIMANI
African-American sixteen-year-old Keysha Kendall takes up with a bad crowd as she struggles to adjust to life in her affluent father's home after her mother is arrested.
Sharon, Flake	Money Hungry	Internet
Thirteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is starved for money. She will do just about anything legal to get her hands on the almighty dollar--wash cars, sell rotten candy, skip lunch, clean houses. She is obsessed. She is driven. She is afraid. Memories of being homeless, sleeping in the streets, and eating handouts keep Raspberry's eye on the only prize that matters to her: cold, hard cash.
Shea, John	A Kid From Southie	YA FIC SHEA
Desperate to help his unemployed mother, seventeen-year-old Aiden O'Connor reluctantly begins working for the Irish mob in tough South Boston, despite his coach's efforts to convince him he could be a professional boxer.
Sheldon, Dyan	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	YA FIC DYAN
In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.
Sheldon, Dyan	The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love	YA FIC SHELDON
When fashionista Sicilee, arty Maya, and antisocial Waneeda risk their reputations by joining Clifton Springs High School's Environmental Club to be near gorgeous new student Cody Lightfoot, each finds a new way of looking at the world.
Sherman, Alexie	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian	YA FIC SHERMAN
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Shusterman, Neil	Full Tilt	YA FIC SHUSTERM
When 16-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.
Simner, Janni Lee	Faerie Winter	YA FIC SIMNER
Unable to get answers from her mother, sixteen-year-old Liza learns from Karin that while her own actions may have doomed the fairy and human worlds, she may be able to save them with more training, if the Faerie Queen can first be stopped.
Simner, Janni Lee	Bones of Faerie	YA FIC SIMNER
Fifteen-year-old Liza travels through war-ravaged territory in a struggle to bridge the faerie and human worlds and to bring back her mother while learning of her own powers and that magic can be controlled.
Simone, Ni Ni	Shortie Like Mine	YA FIC SIMONE
Sixteen-year-old Seven McKnight is immersed in drama when her friend Deeyah decides to play her boyfriend Josiah against his worst enemy, setting in motion a disastrous chain of events that threatens to tear their clique apart.
Simone, Ni-Ni	Upgrade U	YA FIC SIMONE
"Life is poppin' and seventeen-year-old Seven McKnight is rockin' Stiles University's hottest baller, Josiah Whitaker, on her arm when it all falls apart. With groupies threatening her basketball wife status and Josiah's dreams of the NBA blowing up his ego, Seven finds herself in a tailspin...should she stay or leave?
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence	The Hoopster	YA FIC SITOMER
On the neighborhood basketball court, Andre Anderson jockeys for position among his multicultural group of buddies, but, off the court, the African-American teen's writing talent puts him in the spotlight. Given the opportunity to write a feature article on racism for the national magazine where he works as an intern, he addresses his feelings honestly. As a result, he is brutally attacked by a group of racists, hoping to silence his pen by symbolically crushing his hand.
Skovron, Jon	Misfit	YA FIC SKOVRON
Seattle sixteen-year-old Jael must negotiate normal life in Catholic school while learning to control the abilities she inherited from her mother, a demon, and protect those she loves from Belial, the Duke of Hell.
Sloan, Brian	A Really Nice Prom Mess	YA FIC SLOAN
Gay high school senior Cameron Hayes endures a disastrous prom night when forced to take a girl as his date, and after fleeing the dance in disguise, he finds himself involved in a surprising on-stage performance, a high-speed police chase, and unexpected revelations.
Smith, L. J.	Vampire Diaires: The Hunters: Moonsong 9	YA FIC SMITH
Rayna and Skylar are sisters born of different nations and united by the sweeping force of love. Theirs is a story of passionate desires, powerful dreams, and the demands of destiny. Rayna and Meade are passionately in love, but can he forfeit his dreams of a peaceful homestead and follow her sensuous beauty into the wilderness?
Smith, L. J.	Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Phantom 8	YA FIC SMITH
Elena Gilbert and her friends saved Fell's Church from evil spirits bent on destroying it, but the town's freedom came at a price: Damo Damon Salvatore's life. Damon' death changes everything. He and his vampire brother, Stefan, had been locked in a vicious battle for Elena's heart.
Smith, L. J.	Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight 7	YA FIC SMITH
Eighteen-year-old Elena Gilbert's latest battle against the demons that have taken over her hometown of Fell's Church is complicated by the fact that Damon is a mortal since he, his brother Stefan, and Elena returned from the Dark Dimension.
Smith, L. J.	Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall 5	YA FIC SMITH
After returning from the afterlife, Elena is forced to battle an ancient evil when Stefan, her vampire boyfriend, goes missing.
Smith, L. J.	Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls 6	YA FIC SMITH
Eighteen-year-old Elena Gilbert journeys to the Dark Dimension with Damon and Matt in hopes of rescuing her vampire boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore, from imprisonment, and once again they face the sinister Shinichis.
Smith, L. J.	The Vampire Diaries 1-2: The Awakening and The Struggle	YA FIC SMITH
Presents the first two volumes in the Vampire Diaries series, in which popular and beautiful high school senior Elena finds herself torn between two vampire brothers, the dark and brooding Stefan who wants to protect her from the horrors of his past and the dangerously attractive Damon, who is determined to use her to get revenge on his brother.
Smith, L. J.	The Vampire Diaries 3-4: The Fury and Dark Reunion	YA FIC SMITH
Collects the final two volumes of "The Vampire Diaries," in which Elena sacrifices an immortal love to end the constant strife between two vampire brothers who love her, and then raises them from the dead to save her town from an unknown evil.
Soehnlein, K.M.	The World of Normal Boys	YA FIC SOEHNLEI
It's the 1970s. Robin is a freshman in High School in the New Jersey suburbs, and as much as he wants to fit in with the "World of Normal Boys" - he doesn't. He likes other boys.
Sones, Sonya	One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies	YA FIC SONES
After her mother dies of cancer, Ruby is forced to move to "Cali-phony-a" to live with her father, the famous movie star, who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
Spiegelman, Art	Maus : a Survivor's Tale	YA GRAPHIC MAUS
A graphic novel memoir about Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about his son, a cartoonist, who tries to come to terms with his father, his story, and with history itself.
Spillebeen, Geert	Kipling's Choice	YA FIC SPILLEBE
This fictionalized biography begins as Lt. John Kipling, age 18, lies dying in France during his first, and ultimately last, World War I battle.
Spillebeen, Geert	Age 14	YA FIC SPILLBE
In 1913, twelve-year-old Patrick Condon wants to escape his improverished and unexciting life in Ireland. He pretends to be his older brother, John and joins the army. When World War I begins in 1914, he gets all the action he has been looking for, and more. But how long can this game go on? Based on a true story.
Spotswood, Jessica	Born Wicked	YA FIC SPOTSWOO
Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse : they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship - or an early grave.
Springer, Kristina	Just Your Average Princess	YA FIC SPRINGER
Working in her family's pumpkin patch every year, seventeen-year-old Jamie has dreamed of two things--dating co-worker Danny and being crowned Pumpkin Princess--but her beautiful and famous cousin Milan's visit may squash all of her hopes.
Stafford, William	Learning to Live in the World: Earth Poems	YA 811.54 STAFFORD
A collection of fifty poems which reflect the ways in which we relate to the world around us.
Stiefvater, Maggie	Shiver	YA FIC STIEFVAT
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who also has been watching her with increasing intensity.
Stoker, Bram	Dracula	YA FIC STOKER
The mysterious Transylvanian Count Dracula wreaks havoc on young businessman Jonathan Harker, his fiancee Mina, and several others, as he is revealed to be a vampire.
Takay, Nasuki	Fruits Basket Series: Volume 1	YA GRAPHIC FRUITS
Takaya's romantic comedy brims with teenage melodrama, corny humor and hijinks. In the vein of Ranma 1/2, the work's humor also derives from the transformation of humans into animals. It goes like this: Tohru Honda is unsinkable; when her mother dies and her grandfather denies her a place to live, the homeless high-schooler is determined to make it on her own by pitching a tent alone in the woods.
Tan, Amy	The Joy Luck Club	YA FIC TAN
Four Chinese women living in San Francisco recollect their deprived, socially oppressed lives while growing up in pre-revolutionary China.
Tashjian, Janet	The Gospel According to Larry	YA FIC TASHJIAN
Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.
Thomas, Piri	Down These Mean Streets	YA 974.71 THOMAS
The author recalls his early experiences with poverty and discrimination, his involvement with drugs and gangs, and his prison sentence for armed robbery which led to his rehabilitation and work with street gangs and drug addicts
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Fellowship of the Ring: The First Part of The Lord of the Rings	FIC TOLKIEN
Frodo the hobbit and a band of warriors from different kingdoms set out to destroy the Ring of Power before the evil Sauron grasps control.
Trottier, Maxine	Sister to the Wolf	YA FIC TROTTIER
This engaging piece of historical fiction begins in Quebec in 1703. Witnessing the branding of a Pawnee "indien" slave, Cecile Chesne buys the young man to save him from further abuse and to ensure his freedom.
Trueman, Terry	Seven Days at the Hot Corner	YA FIC TRUEMAN
Scott's world is thrown into disarray when his best friend, Travis, reveals that he's gay during the citywide baseball tournament. Now, in addition to worrying about playing well in the seven-day tournament, Scott anxiously awaits the results of an HIV test that he gets in secret: he fears he may have contracted AIDS after a batting cage incident, in which he wound up with Travis's blood on his hands. When Travis's parents kick their son out of the house, thinking he may influence his younger brother, Travis moves in with Scott's family, causing additional tension between the two best friends.
Trueman, Terry	Inside Out	YA FIC TRUEMAN
A teenager with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.
Trueman, Terry	Stuck in Neutral	YA FIC TRUEMAN
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel can't walk, talk, or even focus his own eyes. He has cerebral palsy, a condition that has robbed him of all muscle control. Despite the frustration of not being able to communicate, Shawn is happy to be alive but begins to panic when he realizes his father is trying to kill him.
Turner, Ann	Hard Hit	YA FIC TURNER
Tenth-grader Mark Warren is a golden boy: good friends, a gorgeous girlfriend, and an awesome pitching arm, an arm that his dad has cultivated since Mark was small. Yet all turns gray and meaningless when Mark learns that his father has pancreatic cancer.
Uhlig, Richard	Boy Minus Girl	YA FIC UHLIG
When his charming but irresponsible uncle comes to visit his small Kansas hometown, fourteen-year-old Les Ekhardt hopes to get tips from him about succeeding with girls, but he learns much more important lessons from his stodgy, predictable parents and friendships with a lesbian classmate and one of Uncle Ray's former girlfriends.
Valentine, Jenny	Broken Soup	YA FIC VALENTIN
A photographic negative and two surprising new friends become the catalyst for healing as fifteen-year-old Rowan struggles to keep her family and her life together after her brother's death.
Valentine, Jenny	Double	YA FIC VALENTIN
When sixteen-year-old Chap is mistaken for a missing boy, he leaves the home where he has been living temporarily and takes on this new identity, not knowing that it is as dangerous and uncertain as the life he has left behind.
Van de Mieroop, Marc	The Ancient Mesopotamian City	YA 935.009732 VANDEMIE
Urban history starts in ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume Marc Van de Mieroop examines the evolution of the very earliest cities which, for millennia, inspired the rest of the ancient world.
Vandiepen, Allison	Snitch	YA FIC VANDIEPE
Julia DiVino tries hard not to get mixed-up with the gangs at South Bay High School, but when Eric Valienté enters into her life, everything changes.
Various	Kimani Tru Series	YA PAP KIMANI
A series of Urban Fiction for young adult readers.
Various	The Bluford Series	YA PAP BLUFORD
A paperback series of Urban Fiction novels for teen readers
Vernick, Shirley Reva	The Blood Lie	YA FIC VERNICK
It's 1928, on the eve of Yom Kippur, and 16-year-old Jack Pool is unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight when a young girl vanishes. Unscrupulous smugglers in need of a distraction blame Jack and the rest of the Jewish community in their small upstate New York town, prompting illegal searches and persecution.
Viehl, Lynn	After Midnight: A Youngbloods Novel (1)	YA FIC VIEHL
Fifteen-year-old Catlyn Youngblood finally learns her family's secret, that they are descended from legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing, when, after she and her brothers settle into tiny Lost Lake, Florida, she feels an overpowering attraction to Jesse Raven, a vampire.
Villareal, Ray	Don't Call me Hero	YA FIC VILLAREA
Ninth-grader Rawly Sanchez's life is hard--his brother is in prison, he works at his mother's restaurant to help make ends meet, he is failing algebra, and the girl he has a crush on does not know he exists--but when his dramatic and impulsive rescue of a wealthy celebrity from a flooded creek makes him famous, he does not know what to think about his newfound popularity.
Vizzini, Ned	It's Kind of a Funny Story	YA FIC VIZZINI
A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.
Vizzini, Ned	Teen Angst? Naaah...: a Quasi-Autobiography	YA BIO VIZZINI
A collection of essays written by the author from age fifteen to seventeen in which he shares impressions of school, sports, cool people, boring people, friends, family, money, music, and obsessions.
Volponi, Paul	Rucker Park Setup	YA FIC VOLPONI
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
Volponi, Paul	Crossing Lines	YA FIC VOLPONI
High school senior Adonis struggles to do the right thing when his fellow football players escalate their bullying of a new classmate, Alan, who is transgendered.
Volponi, Paul	Black and White	YA FIC VOLPONI
Long Island City High School basketball stars Marcus Brown and Eddie Russo, aka "Black and White," turn to robbery to get easy money for shoes and senior fees.
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria	Burnout	YA FIC VRETTOS
Months after coming out of alcohol and drug rehab, high school student Nan wakes up on the subway the day after Halloween wearing a torn Halloween costume, her long hair cut, and "HELP ME" scrawled across her chest, feeling sick and having no idea how she got there.
Walker, Brian F.	Black Boy White School	YA FIC WALKER
When fourteen-year-old Anthony "Ant" Jones from the ghetto of East Cleveland, Ohio, gets a scholarship to a prep school in Maine, he finds that he must change his image and adapt to a world that never fully accepts him, but when he goes home he discovers that he no longer truly belongs there either.
Walls, Jeannette	The Glass Castle : a Memoir	BIO WALLS
The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother, and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
Wells, Dan	Partials	YA FIC WELLS
Humans engineered Partials for defense, but these creatures turned against their creators, setting off a virus that killed most of the world's population. Eleven years later, sixteen year-old Kira, a nurse-medic in training, and her friends capture a Partial, which Kira wants to study for a cure. Wells presents a frighteningly familiar world and realistic characters but saps the tension with lengthy scientific passages.
Werlin, Nancy	The Rules of Survival	YA FIC WERLIN
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.
Westerfeld, Scott	So Yesterday	YA FIC WESTERFE
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture.
Westerfeld, Scott	Leviathan	YA FIC WESTERFE
Prince Alek is on the run. His own people have turned on him and his title is worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men. Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. With the Great War brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way, taking them aboard the Leviathan on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change their lives forever.
Weyr, Garret Freymann	My Heartbeat	YA FIC WEYR
As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.
Whelan, Gloria	Homeless Bird	YA FIC WHELAN
When thirteen-year-old Koly enters an arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.
White, T.H.	The Once and Future King	YA FIC WHITE
Tells the story of the youth and reign of King Arthur, the Round Table, and the search for the Holy Grail.
Wiess, Laura	Leftovers	YA FIC WIESS
Two teenagers, Blair and Ardith, lose their innocence in more ways than one as they are transformed from happy ninth-graders to high school sophomores determined to secure justice for their families and friends, whatever the cost.
Williams, Carol Lynch	The Chosen One	YA FIC WILLIAMS
In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.
Williams-Garcia, Rita	Jumped	YA FIC WILLIAMS
The lives of Leticia, Dominique, and Trina are irrevocably intertwined through the course of one day in an urban high school after Leticia overhears Dominique's plans to beat up Trina and must decide whether or not to get involved.
Wilson, Martin	What They Always Tell Us	YA FIC WILSON
Written in alternating chapters using the voices of two very different brothers. Sixteen-year-old Alex feels so disconnected from his friends that he starts his junior year at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, high school by attempting suicide, but soon, a friend of his older brother draws him into cross-country running and a new understanding of himself.
Windmeyer, Shane	The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students	YA 306.76 WINDMEYE
A college guide for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students includes profiles of the top LGBT-friendly institutions in the United States, tools for choosing a college, and advice for students and college officials.
Wittlinger, Ellen	Hard Love	YA FIC WITTLINGER
16-year-old John “Gio” Galardi, Jr., falls in love with the amazing Marisol Guzman, a self-proclaimed Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian. The two form an unlikely friendship based on zines, alienation, and dreams of escape. John questions his own sexuality as he struggles with his unrequited love for Marisol, who has no doubts at all about who she is.
Wittlinger, Ellen	Love & Lies : Marisol's Story	YA FIC WITTLING
When Marisol, a self-confident eighteen-year-old lesbian, moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts to work and try to write a novel, she falls under the spell of her beautiful but deceitful writing teacher, while also befriending a shy, vulnerable girl from Indiana. (sequel to "Hard Love")
Wittlinger, Ellen	Parrotfish	YA FIC WITTLING
Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male.
Wolke, Robert L.	What Einstein Told His Barber : More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions	YA 500 WOLKE
Provides humorous scientific answers to questions about the Heavens, the Earth, and everything in between.
Woolston, Blythe	Catch & Release	YA FIC WOOLSTON
Eighteen-year-old Polly and impulsive, seventeen-year-old Odd survive an deadly outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria, but resulting wounds have destroyed their plans for the future and with little but their unlikely friendship and a shared affection for trout fishing, they set out on a road trip through the West.
Wrede, Patricia C. and Stevermer, Caroline	Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot	YA FIC WREDE
In 1817 in England, two young cousins, Cecilia living in the country and Kate in London, write letters to keep each other informed of their exploits, which take a sinister turn when they find themselves confronted by evil wizards.
Wright, Bil	Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy	YA FIC WRIGHT
Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.
Wulffson, Don	Soldier X	YA FIC WULFFSON
In 1943 sixteen-year-old Erik experiences the horrors of war when he is drafted into the German army and sent to fight on the Russian front.
X, Malcolm	The Autobiography of Malcom X	YA BIO X
Malcolm X, the charismatic Black Muslim leader and anti-integrationist, recounts his transformation - from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist - to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley.
YA FIC HOCKING	Switched	YA FIC HOCKING
When Wendy Everly was six years old her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her, and eleven years later Wendy learns that her mother was right and that she is actually a changeling troll, who, at the age of seventeen, must be returned to her rightful home.
Yang, Gene Luen	American Born Chinese	YA GRAPHIC YANG
A graphic novel that alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in popular culture.
Yee, Paul	Money Boy	YA FIC YEE
Young immigrant Ray Liu is struggling to adjust to North American life. When his father discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites, the teen is kicked out of the family home. He heads to downtown Toronto, where the harsh reality of street life hits him.
Young, Janet Ruth	The Babysitter Murders	YA FIC YOUNG
Dani Solomon, 17, has a rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder and is plagued by disturbing thoughts that play over and over in her mind. She thinks about outing her gay best friend, groping her music teacher, insulting her mother, and, worst of all, hurting the little boy she babysits for. When she confesses her thoughts to the child's mother so she will understand why she cannot babysit anymore, Dani becomes the subject of vicious gossip and rumors and eventually the target of a vigilante group.
Zarr, Sara	Story of a Girl	YA FIC ZARR
In the three years since her father caught her in the back seat of a car with an older boy, sixteen-year-old Deanna's life at home and school has been a nightmare, but while dreaming of escaping with her brother and his family, she discovers the power of forgiveness.
Zarr, Sarah	Sweethearts	YA FIC ZARR
After losing her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine, Jennifer, now seventeen, transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, but Cameron's unexpected return dredges up memories that cause both social and emotional turmoil.
Zevin, Gabrielle	Elsewhere	YA FIC ZEVIN
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Ziegler, Jennifer	Sass and Serendipity	YA FIC ZIEGLER
Unlike her romantic sister, Gabby is down-to-earth and does not put her trust in relationships. But when the richest boy in school befriends her, she discovers that emotional barriers might actually be getting in the way of her happiness.
Zusak, Markus	I am the Messenger	YA FIC ZUSAK
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.
Zusak, Markus	The Book Thief	YA FIC ZUSAK
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.