7th and 8th grade

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.
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.
Avi	The Book Without Words	YA FIC AVI
Thorston, an alchemist who has spent his life trying to decipher the secret to immortality contained in the Book Without Words, is on the brink of realizing his dream when he drops dead, leaving Odo, a talking raven, and Sybil, a servant who was about to be sacrificed to Thorston's plan, to reap the rewards of his work.
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.
Bauer, Marion Dane	Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence	YA FIC AM
A collection of short stories written by 16 respected young adult authors, this is an essential book to put in the hands of any teenager dealing with his or her own sexuality or having a gay parent or friend. The stories cover the gamut of “takes” on gayness.
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.
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.
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.
Brashares, Ann	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	YA FIC BRASHARE
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
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.
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	Jinx	YA FIC CABOT
Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like.
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.
Canfield, Jack	Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2 - Stories about Facing Challenges, Realizing Dreams, and Making a Difference	YA 158.128 CANFIELD
A collection of more than one hundred stories, poems, and other writings presented to inspire and comfort children ages 9-13.
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.
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.
Choldenko, Gennifer	Al Capone Shines My Shoes	YA FIC CHOLDENKO
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
Choldenko, Gennifer	If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period	YA FIC CHOLDENKO
Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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	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.
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.
Dowell, Frances O'Roark	The Secret Language of Girls	YA FIC DOWELL
Marylin and Kate have been friends since nursery school, but when Marylin becomes a middle school cheerleader and Kate begins to develop other interests, their relationship is put to the test.
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	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	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 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.
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.
Ferris, Joan	Once Upon a Marigold: Upon a Marigold Series: Book 1	YA FIC FERRIS
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
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.
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.
FitzGerald, Dawn	Soccer Chick Rules	YA FIC FITZGERA
While trying to focus on a winning soccer season, thirteen-year-old Tess becomes involved in local politics when she learns that all sports programs at her school will be stopped unless a tax levy is passed.
Flake, Sharon	Money Hungry	YA FIC FLAKE
All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
Flake, Sharon	Begging for Change	YA FIC FLAKE
Teenaged Raspberry Hill tries to sort out her confused feelings of disgust, shame, and love for her homeless, drug addicted father and worries that she may have inherited his lying and stealing ways.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hiaasen, Carl	Hoot	YA FIC HIAASEN
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Hoffman, Alice	Aquamarine	YA FIC HOFFMAN
A love-struck mermaid named Aquamarine supplies adventure and insights to two twelve-year-old girls, life-long friends who are spending their last summer together before one of them moves away.
Horowitz, Anthony	Stormbreaker	YA FIC HOROWITZ
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, 14-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Howe, James	The Misfits	YA FIC HOWE
The misfits in the title are a band of four friends, each one with a trait that society unfairly and immediately judges them on: being too tall, too fat, too gay, too greasy, and all of them too smart for their peers. The kids band together for survival, security, and to experience something they all yearn for: acceptance.
Howe, James	Totally Joe	YA FIC HOWE
As a school assignment, a thirteen-year-old boy writes an alphabiography--life from A to Z--and explores issues of friendship, family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager.
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	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.
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.
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.
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, Angela	Bird	YA FIC JOHNSON
Devastated by the loss of a second father, 13-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.
Jones, Diana Wynne	Howl's Moving Castle	YA FIC JONES
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Korman, Gordon	No More Dead Dogs	YA FIC KORMAN
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention at rehearsals of the school play, where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Koss, Amy Goldman	The Girls	YA FIC KOSS
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, causing hurt and self-doubt among the girls.
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.
Lawrence, Iain	The Convicts	YA FIC LAWRENCE
His efforts to avenge his father's unjust imprisonment force thirteen-year-old Tom Tin into the streets of ninteenth-century London, but after he is convicted of murder, Tom is eventually sent to Australia where he has a surprise reunion.
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.
L'Engle, Madeleine	A Wrinkle in Time	YA FIC LENGLE
Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world on a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Lester, Julius	Day of Tears	YA FIC LESTER
Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, takes readers through a series of events in her life, while her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859.
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.
Link, Kelly	Pretty Monsters : Stories	YA FIC LINK
This collection of nine short stories uses classic elements of horror, science fiction, and fantasy but goes a step further to make the weird wonderful and the grotesque gorgeous.
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.
Lobel, Anita	No Pretty Pictures : a Child of War	YA BIO LOBEL
The author describes her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for years in Sweden afterwards.
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.
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.
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.
Martel, Yann	Life of Pi	FIC MARTEL
Pi Patel, having spent a happy childhood in India as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of 16 to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific and he is left adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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	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	145th Street: Short Stories	YA FIC MYERS
Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem.
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	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	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	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	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	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.
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.
Napoli, Donna Jo	Beast	YA FIC NAPOLI
Who was Beast, before Beauty found him? Read the tale of Beauty and the Beast from the Beast's point of view.
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.
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.
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.
Park, Linda Sue	When My Name Was Keoko	YA FIC PARK
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
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.
Paulsen, Gary	The Rifle	YA FIC PAULSEN
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on a fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
Paulsen, Gary	Guts: The True Story Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books	YA BIO PAULSEN
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
Paulsen, Gary	Harris and Me : A Summer Remembered	YA FIC PAULSEN
Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an 11-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction into a whole new world.
Paulsen, Gary	Brian's Hunt	YA FIC PAULSEN
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, sixteen-year-old Brian returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
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.
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.
Plummer, Louise	The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman	YA FIC PLUMMER
17-year-old Kate hopes for romance when her older brother's friend Richard comes to stay at their house during Christmas vacation.
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.
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.
Pullman, Phillip	The Golden Compass	YA FIC PULLMAN
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
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.
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.
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.
Rennison, Louise	Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging	YA FIC RENNISON
This humorous journal is a year in the life of Georgia, a British fourteen-year-old who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her crazy cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the attentions of an attractive boy.
Rinaldi, Ann	An Acquaintance with Darkness	YA FIC RINALDI
When her mother dies and her best friend's family is implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln, fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush must go live with an uncle she suspects of being involved in stealing bodies for medical research.
Rinaldi, Ann	Or Give Me Death : A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family	YA FIC RINALDI
With their father away most of the time fighting for American independence, the children of Patrick Henry try to raise themselves, manage the family plantation, and care for their mentally ill mother.
Rinaldi, Ann	Numbering All the Bones	YA FIC RINALDI
Thirteen-year-old Eulinda, a house slave on a Georgia plantation in 1864, turns to Clara Barton, the eventual founder of the American Red Cross, for help in finding her brother Neddy who ran away to join the Northern war efforts and is rumored to be at Andersonville Prison.
Roberts, Kristi	My 13th Season	YA FIC ROBERTS
Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's overwhelming grief, 13-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl.
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.
Sachar, Louis	Holes	YA FIC SACHAR
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Sanchez, Alex	Getting It	YA FIC SANCHEZ
Hoping to impress a sexy female classmate, fifteen-year-old Carlos secretly hires gay student Sal to give him an image makeover, in exchange for Carlos's help in forming a Gay-Straight Alliance at their Texas high school.
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.
Schmidt, Gary D.	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy	YA FIC SCHMIDT
In 1911,Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers - and Turner's - want to change into a tourist spot.
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.
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.
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.
Shearer, Alex	Sea Legs	YA FIC SHEARER
Twin brothers Eric and Clive are ready for adventure on the high seas, so instead of staying with their grandparents yet again, they stow away on the cruise ship on which their father serves as Senior Steward.
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.
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.
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.
Smith, Sherri L.	Flygirl	YA FIC SMITH
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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.
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.
Spinelli, Jerry	Milkweed	YA FIC SPINELLI
A street child, known as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.
Spinelli, Jerry	Stargirl	YA FIC SPINELLI
Stargirl, a teen who animates quiet Mica High with her colorful personality, suddenly finds herself shunned for her refusal to conform.
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.
Swanson, Julie A.	Going for the Record	YA FIC SWANSON
17-year-old Leah's quest to make the national soccer team does not seem so important when she learns that her father has cancer and may only have months to live.
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.
Testa, Dom	The Comet's Curse	YA FIC TESTA
Desperate to save the human race after a comet's deadly particles devastate the adult population, scientists create a ship that will carry a crew of 251 teenagers to a home in a distant solar system. The first of a six part series.
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.
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.
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.
Van Draanen, Wendelin	Flipped	YA FIC VANDRAANEN
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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.
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.
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria	Skin	YA FIC VRETTOS
When his parents decide to separate, eighth-grader Donnie watches with horror as the physical condition of his sixteen-year old sister, Karen, deteriorates due to an eating disorder.
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.
Woodson, Jacqueline	The House You Pass on the Way	YA FIC WOODSON
When fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the daughter of a racially mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin Trout, she begins to questions her sexuality to Trout and catches a glimpse of her possible future self.
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.
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.
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.