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ALA 2004 top ten books for young
adults
ALA 2003 top ten books for young
adults
ALA 2002 top ten books for young
adults
ALA 2001 top ten books for young
adults
ALA 2000 top ten books for young adults
Books Recommended by America's top
colleges
"Short" classics
Quick picks: adult novels with
teen appeal
Heart warmers: Christian fiction
for teens
Armchair adventures:
true adventure stories
If you liked Bridget Jones, you
might enjoy...
If you liked
Harry Potter, you
might enjoy...
If you liked
Go ask Alice or A child called It, try...
Michael L.
Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult literature
Ordinary people, extraordinary
lives
Historical Fiction
for Teens
Humorous Books for Teens
Mystery and
Suspense Novels for Teens
Romance Novels
for Young Adults
Sports Fiction
for Young Adults
California Young Reader Medal Winners: High School
2004
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FIC (YA)
Namioka, L. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
2003
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FIC (YA) Peters, J. Define "Normal"
2002
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FIC (YA)
Ferris, J. Bad
2001
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FIC (YA) Yolen, J. Armageddon Summer
2000 – FIC (YA) Jenkins
Breaking Boxes
1999 – FIC (YA) Randle
The Only Alien on the Planet
1998 – FIC (YA) Crutcher
Ironman
1997 – FIC (YA) Crutcher Staying Fat for Sarah
Byrnes
1996 – FIC (YA) Garland Shadow of the Dragon
1995 – FIC (YA) Hobbs Downriver
1994 – FIC (YA) Cormier We All Fall Down
1993 – FIC (YA) Klause The Silver Kiss
1992 – FIC (YA) Bunting A Sudden Silence
1991 – FIC (YA) Kerr Night Kites
1990 – FIC (YA) Voight Izzy, Willy Nilly
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American Library Association 2004 Top Ten
Best Books for Young Adults
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Catalyst
Anderson, M. T.
Feed
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion
Frank, E. R.
America
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob
Lawrence, Iain.
The Lightkeeper's Daughter
Moore, Christopher. Lamb:
The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Nelson, Peter.
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS
Indianapolis
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of
Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
Partridge, Elizabeth.
This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie
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American Library Association 2003 Top Ten
Best Books for Young Adults
Brooks, Martha. True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light
Haddon, Mark.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A
Novel
Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last
Levithan, David.
Boy Meets Boy
Maynard, Joyce. The Usual Rules
Pattou, Edith.
East
Rapp, Adam. 33 Snowfish
Stroud, Jonathan.
The Amulet of Samarkand
Thompson, Craig. Blankets: An Illustrated Novel
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American Library Association 2002 Top Ten
Best Books for Young Adults
Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of
the Traveling Pants
Cormier, Robert The Rag and Bone
Shop
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater
Jenkins, A. M. Damage
Mosher, Richard Zazoo
Nix, Garth Lirae.
Taylor, Mildred The Land
Williams-Garcia, Rita Every Time a
Rainbow Dies
Wolff, Virginia Euwer True Believer
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ALA 2001 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Bagdasarian, Adam
Forgotten Fire
Bauer, Joan
Hope Was Here
Chevalier, Tracy
Girl with a Pearl
Earring
Katz, Jon
Geeks: How Two Boys Rode
the Internet out of Idaho
Konigsburg
Silent to the Bone
Paulsen, Gary
The Beet Fields
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Esperanza Rising
Spinelli, Jerry
Stargirl
Whelan, Gloria
Homeless Bird
White, Ruth
Memories of Summer
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ALA 2000 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Anderson, Laurie Halse Speak
Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Shadow
Holt, Kimberly Willis When Zachary
Beaver Came to Town
Jordan, Sherryl The Raging Quiet
McNeal, Laura and Tom Crooked
Meyer, Carolyn Mary, Bloody Mary
Myers, Walter Dean Monster
Namioka, Lensey Ties that Bind, Ties
that Break
Opdyke, Irene Gut In My Hands:
Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Porter, Connie Imani All Mine
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Books Most Frequently Recommended by
America's Top Colleges
Pride and Prejudice
Go Tell it on the
Mountain
Seize the Day
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
The Stranger
Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland
My Antonia
Don Quixote
The Awakening
Heart of Darkness
The Red Badge of Courage
Robinson Crusoe
Great Expectations
Crime and Punishment
Invisible Man
The Sound and the Fury
Madame Bovary
A Farewell to Arms
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Brave New World
The Turn of the Screw
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Moby Dick
Sula
Animal Farm
Cry, the
Beloved Country
Catcher in the Rye
Ivanhoe
Frankenstein
Grapes of Wrath
Gulliver’s Travels
Vanity Fair
War and Peace
Fathers and Sons
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Rabbit, Run
Candide
Slaughterhouse Five
The Color Purple
The Age of Innocence
To the Lighthouse
Native Son
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"Short" Classics
FIC CAMUS
The Stranger
FIC CONRAD Heart of Darkness
FIC ELIOT Silas Marner
FIC FITZGERALD
The Great Gatsby
FIC GOLDING
The Lord of the Flies
FIC HEMINGWAY The Old Man and the
Sea
FIC HEMINGWAY
The Sun Also Rises
FIC HESSE
Siddhartha
FIC KNOWLES
A Separate Peace
FIC LONDON
The Call of the Wild
FIC LONDON
The Sea-Wolf
FIC MAUGHAM The Razor’s Edge
FIC MELVILLE
Billy Budd
FIC STEINBECK
Cannery Row
FIC STEINBECK
Tortilla Flat
FIC STEVENSON
Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde
FIC STOKER
Dracula
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Quick Picks: Adult Novels with Teen Appeal
Atwood, Margaret - Handmaid's Tale
Baldacci, David -
Absolute Power
Blume, Judy -
Summer Sisters
Borchardt,
Alice - The Silver Wolf
Chevalier, Tracy - The
Girl with the Pearl Earring
Connelly, Michael -
Blood Work
Crichton, Michael -
Timeline
Deaver, Jeffrey - The Bone
Collector
Grisham, John - The
Client
Haruf, Kent -
Plainsong
Hyde, Catherine Ryan -
Pay it Foward
King, Stephen -
Christine
Morrison, Toni -
Beloved
Oates, Joyce Carol -
Foxfire
Patterson, James -
Along Came a Spider
Plath, Sylvia - The
Bell Jar
Rice, Anne -
Interview with the Vampire
Tan, Amy - The Joy
Luck Club
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Heart Warmers: Christian Fiction for Teens
 Alcorn,
Randy
Bell, Martin
Buechner, Frederick
Bunn, T. Davis
Dickson, Athol
Herr, Ethel L.
Hornton, David
Hunt, Angela
Kraus, Harry Lee
Lawhead, Steve
Lewis, Beverly
Maddoux, Marlin
McCourtney, Lorena
Morris, Gilbert
Murray, Katharine
Myers, Bill
Oke, Janette
Pert, Jane
Peretti, Frank E.
Rivers, Francine
Roberts, Laura Peyton
Roper, Gayle
Rushford, Patricia H.
Snelling, Lauraine
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Armchair Adventure: True Adventure Stories
910.091631 CAL
Adrift: Seventy-Six
Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
919.8 FLO
Alone Across the Arctic:
One Woman’s Epic Journey by Dog Team by Pam
Flowers
919.53 SAL
Four Corners: Into the Heart of New Guinea
by Kira Salek
919.89 NIELSEN
Ice
Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival
by Jerri Nielsen
796.522 BONATTI
Mountains of My Life by Walter Bonatti
910.41 SLO
Sailing Alone
Around the World by Joshua Slocum
910.4 GEL
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
915.42 HER
Annapurna: 1st Conquest of an 8,000 Meter Peak
by Maurice Herzog
796.522 KRAKAUER
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
919.804 NIV
The Ice
Master : The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven
915.954 HAN
Stranger
in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen
919.89 WHE
Terra
Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
910.45 KIL
Untamed Seas: One
Woman’s True Story of Shipwreck and Survival by Deborah Kiley
919.8904 CHE
Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-13
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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If you like Bridget Jones, You Might Also
Enjoy...
Baer, Martha As Francesca
Banbury, Jen Like a Hole in the Head
Bank, Melissa The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Barrowcliffe, Mark Girlfriend 44
Bartolomeo, Christina Cupid and Diana
Bushnell, Candance Four Blondes; Sex in the
City
Christensen, Kate In the Drink
Ciresi, Rita Pink Slip
Colgan, Jenny Amanda’s Wedding; Talking to Addison
Fforde, Katie Stately Pursuits
Fielding, Helen Cause Celeb
Gayle, Mike Mr. Commitment
Gilson, Chris Crazy for Cornelia
Green, Jane Jemima J.
Heller, Jane Name Dropping
Hornby, Nick High Fidelity; About a Boy
Jenkins, Amy Honeymoon
Kelly, Cathy Someone Like You
Keyes, Marian Last Chance Saloon; Watermelon
Knight, India My Life on a Plate
Leek, Marjorie Leet Do Try to Speak as We Do
Lette, Kathy Alter Ego
Lord, Shirley The Crasher
Maxted, Anna Running in Heels; Getting Over It
Mylynoski , Sarah Milkrun
Olson, Shannon Welcome To My Planet
Parks, Adele Playing Away
Schine, Cathleen Rameau’s Niece
Schulman, Helen P.S.
Sohn, Amy Run Catch Kiss
Storey, Gail The Lord’s Motel
Townsend, Sue Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
Weiner, Jennifer Good in Bed
Wolcott, James Catsitters
Wolper, Carol Cigarette Girl
Zappa, Moon Unit America the Beautiful
Zigman, Laura Dating Big Bird
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If you like Harry Potter, You Might Also
Enjoy...
X ALEXANDER
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The wizard in the tree
FIC (YA) BARRON
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The lost years of Merlin
FIC BAUM, L.
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The wonderful wizard of Oz
X BELLAIRS, J,
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The dark secret of Weatherend
X SF COLFER, E.
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Artemis Fowl series
X COOPER, S.
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Over sea, under stone: the
Boggart
FIC (YA) JACQUES, B.
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Redwall series
XN L’ENGLE, M.
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Wrinkle in time
X LEWIS, C.
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Chronicles of Narnia series
XN MCKINLEY, R.
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The hero and the crown
FIC (YA) PAOLINI, C.
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Eragon
FIC (YA) PIERCE, T.
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Circle of magic series
FIC PULLMAN, P.
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His dark materials series
X SF YOLEN, J.
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Wizard's wall
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If you liked Go ask Alice or A child
called It, try these:
364.1532 SEB
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Lucky
362.76 HAY
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Ghost Girl
362.76 MICHENER
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Becoming Anna
362.76 PEL
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The Lost Boy
362.76 PELZER
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A Man Named Dave
616.85236 CHASE
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When Rabbit Howls
616.85263 GOT
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Stick Figure
616.8527 ALM
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Almost Lost
616.858 SCH
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Sybil
616.89 KAYSEN
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Girl, Interrupted
616.895 TRAINA
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His Bright Light
616.9792 ANO
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It Happened to Nancy
92 FISHER, A.
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Finding Fish
FIC (YA) ANDERSON, L.
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Speak
FIC (YA) BURGESS, M.
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Smack
FIC (YA) CHBOSKY, S.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
FIC (YA) GRANT, C.
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The White Horse
FIC (YA) NEUFELD, J.
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Lisa, Bright and Dark
FIC (YA) NOLAN, H.
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Born Blue
FIC (YA) OATES, J.
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Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
FIC (YA) PENNEBAKER
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Don’t Think Twice
FIC (YA) SPARKS, B.
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Kim, Empty Inside
FIC (YA) STOEHR
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Crosses
FIC EUGENIDES, J.
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The Virgin Suicides
FIC FITCH, J.
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White Oleander
FIC GREENE
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The Boy Who Drank Too Much
FIC GREENBERG, J.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
FIC HADDON, M.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-Time
FIC SEBOLD, A.
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The Lovely Bones
FIC SPARKS
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Jay’s Journal
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Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in
Young Adult Literature:
2004
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FIC (YA) Johnson,
A. The First Part Last
2003
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FIC (YA)
Chambers, A. Postcards from No Man's Land
2002
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FIC (YA) Na, A.
Step from Heaven
2001
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X Almond, D.
Kit's Wilderness
2000
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FIC (YA) - Meyers, W.
Monster
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Ordinary People Extraordinary Lives:
Recommended Biographies for Young Adults
363.3 BOYLE
Father Greg & the
Homeboys by Celeste Fremon
364.36 RODRIGUEZ
Always Running: La
Vida Loca: Gang Days in LA by Luis J. Rodriguez
636.089 HERRIOT
James Herriot: The
Life of a Country Vet by Graham Lord
759.7 HAL
Ho by David
Halberstam
781.64 MARLEY
Catch
a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley
by Timothy White
781.649 SHAKUR
Holler if You Hear
Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson
791.43 BARRYMORE
Little Girl Lost
by Drew Barrymore
796.22 HAWK
Hawk: Occupation,
Skateboarder by Tony Hawk
796.323 JORDAN
Playing for Keeps:
Michael Jordan and the World He Made by David Halberstam
796.357 AARON
I Had
a Hammer by Hank Aaron
796.62 ARM
It’s Not About the Bike by Lance
Armstrong
796.812 ROCK
The Rock Says by The Rock (Wrestler)
797.32 DUANE
Caught Inside: A Surfer’s Year on the
California Coast by Daniel Duane
797.32 JARRATT
Mr. Sunset: The Jeff Hakman Story by Phil
Jarratt
799.144 CLA
Lady with a Spear by Eugenie Clark
92 ANGELOU
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya
Angelou
92 ANTHONY, P.
How Precious Was that While by Piers
Anthony
92 HICKMAN, H.
Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Haomer H. Hickam
92 MALCOLM X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm
X and Alex Haley
92 MCCOURT, F.
Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
92 TRUMAN, H.
Truman by David McCullough
92 WOLFF, T.
This Boy’s Life
by Tobias Wolff
940.5481 FRA
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Historical Fiction for Teens
FIC (YA) GERAS, A. Troy by Adele Geras
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays in the last weeks of the Trojan War.
FIC (YA) LEVITIN Escape from
Egypt by Sonia Levithin
When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a
Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his
attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.
FIC (YA) RINALDI, A. Wolf by the Ears by Ann Rinaldi
Born a slave in Revolutionary War era Virginia, Harriet Hemings must
choose between her family and her freedom.
FIC (YA) PAULSEN The Rifle by Gary Paulsen
A perfect rifle is created in 1768, and its history is related to the
present, when the rifle kills one last time.
FIC (YA) GREGORY Earthquake
At Dawn by Kristiana Gregory
Fifteen-year-old Daisy and her
employer Edith struggle to survive
in the
days after the 1906
San Francisco earthquake.
FIC (YA) HOH Hoh, Diane. Titanic, The Long Night by Diane Hoh
The Titanic disaster is portrayed in a fictional account.
FIC (YA) GREENE, B. The Summer of My German Soldier by Betty Greene
Patty, a twelve-year-old Jewish girl, befriends a German prisoner of war
and outrages her small Arkansas town during World War II.
FIC (YA) WHITE, E. The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White
Rebecca is a very young nurse in Vietnam during the war. She returns
home to family and friends who cannot understand how much the horror of
her wartime experiences has changed her.
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Laugh out Loud!
Humorous Books for Teens
FIC (YA) FLEISCHMAN A Fate Totally Worse than Death
In this horror novel parody, three self-centered members of Cliffside
High School's
ruling clique, who are beginning to age rapidly, become convinced that
the beautiful new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death
they caused the year before.
FIC (YA) KOERTGE Confess-O-Rama
While his mother grieves the death of her fourth husband, Tony vents his
feelings to the
Confess-O-Rama, never suspecting who's on the other end of the line.
FIC (YA) FERRIS, J. Love Among the Walnuts
Born and raised in isolation in a wealthy, eccentric family, Sandy is
shocked when he, his parents, and their servants become victims of a
vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their
money.
FIC (YA) EHRENHAFT, D. Tell it to Naomi
In a harebrained scheme concocted by his neurotic older sister to forge
a romantic relationship with the girl of his dreams, fifteen-year-old
Dave Rosen pretends to be a female advice columnist for his school
newspaper.
FIC (YA) POWELL, R. Three Clams and an Oyster
During their humorous search to find
a fourth player for their flag
football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their
long friendship and their inability to try new experiences.
FIC (YA) ANDERSON, M. Burger Wuss
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully,
which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants,
Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
FIC (YA) DERBY Grams, Her Boyfriend, My Family, and Me
Fifteen year-old Andy thinks that living with his parents, four
sisters and their dog is one big hassle, but nothing prepares him for
when his mother starts working and he becomes a reluctant adviser on his
grandmother's love life.
FIC (YA) RENNISON, L. Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a
fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose,
stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the
love of handsome hunk Robbie.
FIC (YA) GANTOS, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey
has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his
prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting
wired.
FIC (YA) CONFORD I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost
A collection of seven humorous stories reflecting the ups and downs
of teenage love and life.
FIC (YA) BAUER Rules of the Road
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a
chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the
son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones
her talents as a saleswoman.
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Mystery and Suspense
Novels for Teens
FIC (YA) AVI Wolf Rider : A Tale of Terror
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have
committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship
with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
FIC (YA) DUNCAN Stranger with My Face
A seventeen-year-old senses she is being spied on and probably
impersonated, but when she discovers what actually is occurring, it is
more unbelievable than she ever imagined.
FIC (YA) HOOBLER, D. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a
merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors
in eighteenth-century Japan.
FIC (YA) NIXON, J The Name of the Game Was Murder
When she visits her great-uncle, a successful and self-centered
author, at his fortress-like home on Catalina Island, fifteen-year-old
Samantha becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder.
FIC (YA) PECK, R. Are You in the House Alone?
A sixteen-year-old girl with a steady
boyfriend suddenly begins
receiving
threatening phone calls while she is
babysitting and anonymous
notes in
her high school locker.
FIC (YA) PLUM-UCCI, C. The Body of Christopher Creed
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life,
struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious
disappearance of the class outcast.
FIC (YA) SYKES For Mike
When Jeff's best friend Mike disappears in the fall of their senior
year in high school, Jeff has disturbing dreams in which Mike urges him
to come get him, and a secret begins to unfold.
FIC (YA) QUALEY, M. Close to a Killer
Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of
murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.
FIC (YA) WERLIN, N. The Killer’s Cousin
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to
stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself
forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin
Lily.
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Romance Novels for Young
Adults
FIC (YA) DISHER, G. The Divine Wind : A Love
Story
Hart, an Australian boy and Mitsy, a Japanese-Australian girl, fall
in love but are driven apart.
FIC (YA) KOERTGE, R. Stoner & Spaz
A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward
self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.
FIC (YA) SONES, S. What My Mother Doesn't Know
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she
searches for Mr. Right.
FIC (YA) WITTLINGER, E. Razzle
When his retired parents buy a group of tourist cabins on Cape Cod,
fifteen-year-old Kenyon Baker's days are filled with repair work until
he becomes friends with an eccentric girl and makes her the subject of a
series of photographs.
FIC (YA) HOOPER, M. Amy
Lonely after being dumped by her two best friends, Amy hopes for a
romance with Zed, whom she met in an Internet chat room, but the day
they spend together in his seaside village near London is not what she
expected.
FIC (YA) SHELDON The Boy of My Dreams
After Mike thinks that she has found the perfect boy, there seems to
be some question of whether he is her destiny.
FIC (YA) CORBET, R. Fifteen Love
Mia, a violist, and Will, a tennis player,
each relate their
feelings about each
other, school, friends, and family troubles as they
struggle to understand the opposite sex and to survive being fifteen.
FIC (YA) CABOT, M. Princess in Love
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader
agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the
princess of Genovia.
FIC (YA) WOODSON If You Come Softly
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old
Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who
is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then
try to cope with people's reactions.
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Sports Fiction for Young
Adults
FIC (YA) CHABON, M. Summerland
Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game,
finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of
fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.
FIC (YA) COCHRAN Roughnecks
Travis Cody prepares for the final game of his high school football
career, a rematch with
his school's chief rival.
FIC (YA) CRUTCHER Ironman
While training for a triathlon,
seventeen-year-old Bo attends an
anger management group at school which leads him to examine his
relationship with his father.
FIC (YA) HEWETT, L. Dancer
Sixteen-year-old Stephanie struggles to perfect her ballet dancing
as her classes are complicated by the introduction of a new male dancer.
FIC (YA) HOBBS River Thunder
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her
companions River for a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
FIC (YA) LIPSYTE The Contender
After a successful start in a boxing career, a Harlem high school
dropout decides that competing in the ring isn't enough of life and
resolves to aim for different goals.
FIC (YA) LYNCH Iceman
Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence
on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents.
FIC (YA) MYERS, W. Hoops
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.
FIC (YA) ORR Peeling the Onion
Following an automobile accident in which her neck is broken, a
teenage karate champion begins a long and painful recovery with the help
of her family.
FIC (YA) SAVAGE Under a Different Sky
A boy with Olympic dreams and an extraordinary horse struggles to
transcend his impoverished family background as he falls in love with
the emotionally troubled daughter of a wealthy family.
FIC (YA) WALLACE Shots on Goal
While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the league
championship,
fifteen-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best
friend, on whose girlfriend he has a crush.
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