Adventure:

City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
“When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.”

*Airman by Eoin Colfer
“In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.”

A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
“While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.”

*Sure fire by Jack Higgins with Justin Richards
“Resentful of having to go and live with their estranged father after the death of their mother, fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, soon find they have more complicated problems when their father is kidnapped and their attempts to rescue him involve them in a dangerous international plot to control the world's oil.”

Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs
“After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America.”

Stormbreaker (book 1), Point Blank (book 2), Skeleton Key (book 3), Eagle Strike, Scorpia (book 4), Ark Angel (book 5), and Snakehead (book 6) by Anthony Horowitz
“After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.”

To the Summit by Claire Rudolf Murphy
“Seventeen-year-old Sarah hopes that accompanying her father on an expedition to climb Mount McKinley will help to bridge the gap that has widened between them since her parents' divorce.”

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (book 1), School's Out -- Forever (book 2), Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (book 3) & *The Final Warning (book 4) by James Patterson
“After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the 'birdkids,' who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.”

Keeper of the Earth by Jenna Solitaire
“After finding the Board of Fire, Jenna and Simon must decipher the clues that will lead them to the Board of Earth before they come face-to-face with a relentless enemy who has coveted the Boards for millennia.”

So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
“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.”

Reef of Death by Paul Zindel
“While helping a beautiful Aboriginal girl search for her people's missing treasure near the Great Barrier Reef, seventeen-year-old PC finds himself fighting an evil scientist and a deadly underwater monster.”

Audio Books:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson
“Octavian Nothing is raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers. He and his mother are the only people in their household assigned names. Young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies, only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments.”

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
“Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants.”

*Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
“Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly things start looking a lot different to her.”

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
“Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.”

*Lord of the Flies by William Golding
“Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces that war eternally in the human spirit.”

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
“The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.”

Born to Rock by Gordon Korman
“High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend.”

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
“When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.”

The Book Thief by Markus 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.”

Drama:

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
“A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.”

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
“A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.”

*Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
“When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.”

Wrecked by E.R. Frank
“After a car accident seriously injures her best friend and kills her brother's girlfriend, sixteen-year-old Anna tries to cope with her guilt and grief, while learning some truths about her family and herself.”

Saint Iggy by K.L. Going
“Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.”

*Crank & *Glass (sequel) by Ellen 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.”

*Burned by Ellen 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.

Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
“High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong.”

Skin by Adrienne Maria 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.”

Shopaholic by Judy Waite
“Tired of household responsibilities and her mother's depression, Taylor allows a new friend to persuade her to buy things she can't afford, but soon discovers that Kat has even more secrets than she has.”

The Rules of Survival by Nancy 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.”

*Story of a Girl by Sara 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.”

Fairy Tales/Legends:

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.”

*Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
“Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.”

River Secrets by Shannon Hale
“Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.”

Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
“The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia's vengeful powers.”

*Hush: An Irish Princess’ Tale by Donna Jo Napoli
“Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.”

Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
“The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.”

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
“Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the prince, and delves into the psychological motivations of the characters.”

East by Edith Pattou
“A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.”

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
“Haunted by the tales of the Holocaust, a young American woman begins a search for her grandmother's World War II past.”

Funny:

*The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
“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.”

King of the Creeps by Steven Banks
“When a nerdy, unpopular high school senior notices his resemblance to Bob Dylan, he leaves home for Greenwich Village, in 1963, to become a folk singer.”

A Fate Totally Worse than Death by Paul Fleischman
“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.”

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
“During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.”

The Amazon Papers by Beverly Keller
“Fifteen-year-old Iris gets into hilarious trouble when her mother goes on vacation and leaves her alone.”

*King of the Lost and Found by John Lekich
“Between his geeky appearance and constant nosebleeds, Raymond Dunne's tenth-grade year isn't going the way he would have liked it, yet after he creates an underground social club, befriends one of the most popular kids in school, and musters the courage to approach his secret crush, his social standing at school is greatly improved.”

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
“A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.”

Girl Reads:

*Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
“Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include 'Intelligent Design' in lessons on evolution.”

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (book 1), The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (book 2), Girls in Pants, the Third Summer of the Sisterhood (book 3), Forever in Blue, the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (book 4)
by Ann Brashares
“Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants.”

*Airhead by Meg Cabot
“Emerson, an average-looking sixteen-year-old, awakens after a strange accident to find herself trapped in the body of a supermodel and, disliking the fanfare in which she is suddenly engulfed, struggles to figure out how to get back to the simple life she loved so much with the help of her skeptical best friend, Christopher.”

*Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
“Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly things start looking a lot different to her.”

Secrets of my Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita
“Longing to experience the life of a 'normal' teenager, sixteen-year-old actress Kaitlin Burke assumes a false identity to attend a local high school.”

*I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You (book 1) & *Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy (book 2) by Ally Carter
“As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.”

*One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
“As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.”

*Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
“Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.”

*Not Like You by Deborah Davis
“When she and her mother move once again in order to make a new start, fifteen-year-old Kayla is hopeful that her mother will be able to stop drinking and begin a better life, as she has been promising for years.”

*NuGrl90 (Sadie) by Cheryl Dellasega
“Fifteen-year-old Sadie writes on her blog about having to move to a new high school at the beginning of sophomore year due to her parents' divorce, finding and losing a true love and a best friend, and being in therapy and taking antidepressants.”

*Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
“Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.”

*Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
“Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.”

That Summer by Sarah Dessen
“During the summer of her divorced father's remarriage and her sister's wedding, fifteen-year-old Haven comes into her own by letting go of the myths of the past.”

*The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper
“In Lily Dale, New York, a community dedicated to the religion of Spiritualism, tenth-grader Sparrow Delaney, the youngest daughter in an eccentric family of psychics, agonizes over whether or not to reveal her special abilities in order to help a friend.”

*Hex Education by Emily Gould and Zareen Jaffery
“When fourteen-year-old Sophie Stone moves from Los Angeles to her parents' dreary hometown of Mythic, Massachusetts, she discovers that she, like many of the town's earlier inhabitants, is a witch, and that she and her coven must identify the evil-doer in their midst before serious damage is done.”

If I have a Wicked Stepmother, where's my Prince? by Melissa Kantor
“When the father of high school sophomore, Lucy Norton, remarries, Lucy finds herself tormented by two bratty stepsisters and a wicked stepmother.”

*Undercover by Beth Kephart
“High school sophomore Elisa is used to observing while going unnoticed except when classmates ask her to write love notes for them, but a teacher's recognition of her talent, a 'client's' desire for her friendship, a love of ice skating, and her parent's marital problems draw her out of herself.”

The Boyfriend List & The Boy Book (sequel) by E. Lockhart
“A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.”

Ttyl (book 1), Ttfn (book 2), & L8r, g8r (book 3) by Lauren Myracle
“Chronicles, in 'instant message' format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.”

Prom Anonymous by Blake Nelson
“Three childhood friends reunite to attend prom together and, in the process of finding dates and dresses, gain some surprising insights into themselves.”

Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging (book 1), On the Bright Side, I'm now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (book 2), Knocked out by my Nunga-nungas (book 3), Dancing in my Nuddy Pants (book 4), Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (book 5), Then he Ate my Boy Entrancers (book 6), & Startled by his Furry Short (book 7) by Louise Rennison
“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.”

*Red Glass by Laura Resau
“Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.”

*Every Crooked Pot by Renee Rosen
“Nina Goldman, a teenager born with a birthmark covering her eye, contends with her eccentric family and tries all sorts of ways to improve her appearance, convinced that her looks account for her unpopularity and inability to find a boyfriend.”

Gossip Girl (book 1), You Know you Love me (book 2), All I Want Is Everything (book 3), Because I’m Worth it (book 4), I Like it Like that (book 5), You’re the One that I Want (book 6), Nobody Does it Better (book 7), Nothing Can Keep us Together (book 8), Only in your Dreams (book 9), Would I Lie to you (book 10), Don’t you Forget about me (book 11), *It Had To Be you (book 12), *The Carlyles (book 13) by Cecily von Ziegesar
"Presents a world of jealousy and betrayal at an exclusive private school in Manhattan."

*How not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
“Seventeen-year-old Sugar Magnolia Dempsey is tired of leaving friends behind every time her hippie parents decide to move, but her plan to be unpopular at her new Austin, Texas, school backfires when other students join her on the path to 'supreme dorkdom.'"

My Cup Runneth Over : The Life of Angelica Cookson Potts (series) by Cherry Whytock
“Believing she is too big, fourteen-year-old Angel tries dieting and kick-boxing to lose weight, but thanks to her friends and the school fashion show, she discovers that her size is just right.”

*Sweethearts by Sara 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.”

*Elsewhere by Gabrielle 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.'"

*Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
“After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.”

GLBT:

*Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
“A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.”

*Totally Joe by James 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.”

"Hello," I Lied by M.E. Kerr
“Summering in the Hamptons on the estate of a famous rock star, seventeen-year-old Lang tries to decide how to tell his longtime friends that he is gay, while struggling with an unexpected infatuation with a girl from France.”

*Boy Meets Boy by David 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.”

*The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina
“When out-and-proud Jonathan sleeps with a girl at a party after getting drunk, the rumor mill is abuzz at school and now every girl wants to get their hands on him, but when the most popular girl in school approaches with a strange proposition, Jonathan has to consider her real motives.”

Graphic Novels:

*Confessions of a Blabbermouth by Mike Carey & Louise Carey
“Tasha Flanigan loves to talk, especially on her blog, and when her mom brings home a creepy boyfriend and his daughter, Tasha can't help but talk about them.”

The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg
“When transfer student Jane is forced to move from the big city to suburbia, she thinks that her life is over until she meets three other girls named Jane who decide to form a secret art gang and turn the town and high school upside down.”

Last Hope (series) by Michael Dignan
“When Hiroto Nakadai--a dethroned prince from another dimension seeking refuge on present-day Earth--comes to the Maunaloa Institute for International Studies in Hawaii, his new classmates learn of his dilemma and travel with him trying to outrun his enemies.”

Oddly Normal: Volume 1 by Otis Frampton

Harlequin Pink (series)

The Living and the Dead by Jason

*Naruto (series) by Masashi Kishimoto
“In another world, ninja are the ultimate power--and in the village of Konohagakure live the stealthiest ninja in the world. But twelve years ago Konohagakure was attacked by a fearsome threat--a nine-tailed fox demon which claimed the life of the Hokage, the village champion. Today, peace has returned, and a troublemaking orphan named Uzumaki Naruto is struggling to graduate from the ninja Academy. His goal: to become the next Hokage. But unknown to Naruto and his classmates, within him is a terrifying force...”

*Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (series) by John Jackson Miller et al.
“Follows the adventures of Zayne Carrick, one lone Padawan who becomes a fugitive hunted by his own Masters for the charge of murdering every one of his fellow Jedi-in-training and his desperate race to clear his name.”

*Bleach by Tite Kubo

*Shazam! : the Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith
“When a young orphan Billy Batson finds himself transformed into the World's Mightiest Mortal whenever he says the magic word ‘Shazam!,’ he must use his extraordinary abilities to face an invasion of alien creatures and stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world.”

*Maus & *Maus II by Art Spiegelman
“A son struggles to come to terms with the horrific story of his parents and their experiences during the Holocaust and in postwar America.”

Good-bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson

Day of Vengeance by Bill Willingham et al.

*American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
“Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture.”

Guy Reads:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
“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.”

*Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death”

Deadline by Chris Crutcher
“Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as ‘Hey-Soos.’”

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
“The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.”

Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
“Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.”

*Looking for Alaska by John Green
“Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.”

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
“The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.”

*Slam by Nick Hornby
“At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.”

*Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins
“A fallen angel, tired of being unappreciated while doing his pointless, demeaning job, leaves Hell, enters the body of a seventeen-year-old boy, and tries to experience the full range of human feelings before being caught and punished, while the boy's family and friends puzzle over his changed behavior.”

*Evil Genius & *Genius Squad (sequel) by Catherine Jinks
“Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.”

Born to Rock by Gordon Korman
“High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend.”

Monster by Walter Dean 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.”

Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
“In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred-page writing assignment which helps him to sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled teen.”

No Right Turn by Terry Trueman
“After three years of wanting only to be invisible, sixteen-year-old Jordan begins to recover from his father's suicide and start living again when a neighbor's vintage Corvette Stingray opens up new possibilities for him.”

Historical Fiction:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing : Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson
“Octavian Nothing is raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers. He and his mother are the only people in their household assigned names. Young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies, only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments.”

The King's Arrow by Michael Cadnum
“In England's New Forest on the second day of August, 1100, eighteen-year-old Simon Foldre, delighted to be allowed to participate in a royal hunt as squire to the Anglo-Norman nobleman Walter Tirel, finds his future irrevocably altered when, during the hunt, he witnesses the possible murder of King William II.”

Annie, Between the States by L.M. Elliott
“Instead of spending her teen years at parties and balls, Annie, an idealistic, poetry-loving patriot, finds herself nursing soldiers, hiding valuables, and running the household as the Civil War rages around her family's Virginia home.”

*Luxe by Anna Godbersen
“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.”

Boston Jane : An Adventure by Jennifer L. Holm
“Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.”

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
“Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.”

Cast Two Shadows : The American Revolution in the South by Ann Rinaldi
“In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll among her family and friends and comes to understand the true nature of war.”

*The Redheaded Princess by Ann Rinaldi
“In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.”

I had seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant
“Now an old man, John is haunted by memories of enlisting to fight in World War II, a decision which forced him to face the horrors of war and changed his life forever.”

The Captain's Dog : My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith
“Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness.”

*Shanghai Shadows by Lois Ruby
“From 1939 to 1945, a Jewish family struggles to survive in occupied China; young Ilse by remaining optimistic, her older brother by joining a resistance movement, her mother by maintaining connections to the past, and her father by playing the violin that had been his livelihood.”

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
“A street child, known to himself only 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.”

Booth's Daughter by Raymond Wemmlinger
“In nineteenth-century New York City, Edwina, daughter of the famous actor Edwin Booth and niece of John Wilkes Booth, finds it difficult to escape the family tragedy and to meet the needs of a demanding father while maintaining her independence.”

The Book Thief by Markus 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.”

Horror/thriller:

In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.”

In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier
“Sixteen-year-old Denny lives in the shadow of a deadly accident with which his father was connected when he was Denny's age, a disaster for which some of the survivors still blame his father.”

Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
“Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.”

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
“Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.”

Look for me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn
“While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father's new family and finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.”

Back of Beyond : Stories of the Supernatural by Sarah Ellis
“A collection of twelve otherworldly stories which blend reality and unreality.”

A Fast and Brutal Wing by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
“A series of journal entries, emails, stories, and newspaper articles reveals the strange events that led to the disappearance of a reclusive author on Halloween night and the involvement of a teenager and his friends--a brother and sister some say can transform into animals and back again.”

*The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer
“In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.”

Gothic! : Ten Original Dark Tales edited by Deborah Noyes
“Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror and wild humor, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal.”

House of Stairs by William Sleator
“Five fifteen-year-old orphans of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in a house of endless stairs as subjects for a psychological experiment on conditioned human response.”

A Nightmare's Dozen : Stories from the Dark edited by Michael Stearns

Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine
“After sixteen-year-old Destiny and her twin sister Livvy are turned into partial vampires at a summer camp, they try to find the "Restorer," someone who can return them to normal.”

Being Dead : Stories by Vivian Vande Velde
“Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.”

Multicultural:

*The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
“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.”

Over aThousand Hills I Walk with You by Hanna Jansen
“Jeanne and her family, who are Tutsis living in Rwanda during a time of civil war, flee their home in hopes of evading Hutu soldiers as political events threaten to overtake them.”

Parrot in the Oven : Mi Vida by Victor Martinez
“Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.”

A Step from Heaven by An Na
“A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.”

Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
“Secretly in love with her best friend and business partner Steve, fifteen-year-old Jazz must spend the summer away from him when her family goes to India during that country's rainy season to help set up a clinic.”

Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind & Haveli (sequel) by Suzanne Fisher Staples
“When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.”

*American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
“Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.”

Mystery:

Wolf Rider : A Tale of Terror by Avi
“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.”

Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting
“At Alveara boarding school in Belfast at the start of World War II, thirteen-year-old Jessie must deal with her suspicions about a teacher whose father was German and with her worries about her own father's drinking problem.”

The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney
“Sixteen-year-old Laura, an American living in London, tries to find the person responsible for the death of her younger brother Billy, who has been killed by a terrorist bomb.”

The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
“Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.”

The Maze by Will Hobbs
“Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.”

Spirit Seeker by Joan Lowery Nixon
“To prove that her friend did not kill his parents, Holly enlists the help of a clairvoyant.”

*Eye of the Crow : the Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 1^st Case  by Shane Peacock
“A woman is found stabbed to death in London. A young boy is drawn to the scene to investigate the murder and becomes a suspect himself.”

The Afterlife by Gary Soto
“A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.”

For Mike by Shelley Sykes
“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.”

Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin
“Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, sixteen-year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school.”

The Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin
“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.”

Nonfiction:

*CosmoGIRL! Make it Yourself : 50 Fun and Funky Projects by the editors of CosmoGIRL

*Alter This! : Radical Ideas for Transforming Books into Art by Alena Hennessy

Chew on This : Everything You don't Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson

*What You Must Think of Me: a Firsthand Account of one Teenager's Experience with Social Anxiety Disorder
   by Emily Ford

*Reggae Poet : the Story of Bob Marley by Calvin Craig Miller

*Tweak by Nic Sheff
“The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.”

*Get Hooked Again : Simple Steps to Crochet More Cool Stuff by Kim Werker

Quick and Easy:

Crush by Ellen Conford
“A series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day Sweetheart Stomp.”

Don't You Dare Read this, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in her life when her abusive father returns home after a two-year absence.”

Monster by Walter Dean 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.”

I had seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant
“Now an old man, John is haunted by memories of enlisting to fight in World War II, a decision which forced him to face the horrors of war and changed his life forever.”

Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting
“When teenagers in a California coastal community challenge each other to "jump the Nail"--leap from dangerous cliffs into the ocean--group pressure and manipulative relationships quickly drive the game out of control.”

The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
“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.”

Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
“Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsions begin to take over her life and affect her relationships with her family and friends.”

What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
“After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible.”

Romance:

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti
“In the summer of her junior year, sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love and in the process learn many things about "the real ties that bind" people to one another.”

A Novel Idea by Aimee Friedman
“Excited about the new book club she has organized, Norah is pleased with the diverse group that shows up and suddenly falls for one of the guys in the mix, but having no idea how to show him that she is interested in him, Norah decides to use their mutual interest in literature to get the romance rolling in the right direction.”

Cupidity by Caroline Goode
“When the gods of Mount Olympus send Cupid to an Ohio high school to help make the dreams of seventeen-year-old Laura Sweeney come true, things get a bit out of control when the old matchmaking tricks go awry.”

The Falconer's Knot by Mary Hoffman
“Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.”

10 things I Hate About You by David Levithan
“Meet Bianca Stratford, the most wanted sophomore at Padau High.  She's sweet and pretty and totally boy-crazy.  Meet Cameron James and Joey Donner.  They're both totally crazy for Bianca.  Which one has her heart?  Alas, neither.  For there's a hitch to the sitch: Bianca's dad, who decrees, "No way." Translation: no dating...at least until Bianca's older sister starts going out.”

Crazy in Love by Dandi Daley Mackall
“How does an ordinary girl navigate the world of love with the hottest guy at school?  With perception, honesty, and plenty of humor, explore that wild roller coaster of a ride also known as first love.”

Twilight (book 1), New Moon (book 2), and *Eclipse (book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
“When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.”

Any Guy You Want (book 1) by Rosalind Noonan, More than this (book 2) by Wendy Corsi Staub, & For Real (book 3) by Christa Roberts

*Love, Hollywood Style by P. J. Ruditis
“Recent high school graduate and Hollywood studio page Tracy Vance decides to try to catch the eye of her long-time crush, Connor, using tips from her favorite romantic movies, but finds that love is entirely different in real life.”

The Boy of my Dreams by Dyan Sheldon
“Mike and her best friend Hope breathlessly await meeting the guys of their dreams and falling in love, but after Mike thinks that she has found the perfect boy there seems to be some question of whether he is her destiny.”

What my Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
“Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.”

Accidental Love by Gary Soto
“After unexpectedly falling in love with a "nerdy" boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight.”

The Dating Game (book 1), Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do (book 2), Can True Love Survive High School (book 3), Ex-Rating (book 4), Speed Dating (book 5), Parallel Parking (book 6) by Natalie Standiford
“When three high school sophomores set up a weblog as a class project to research whether girls or boys are more sex-crazed--and to play matchmaker, their own messy love lives become even more complicated.”

*The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren by Wendy Toliver
“Roxy plays in a band but boys don't notice her until a family ritual passed down through generations suddenly changes her into a Siren who can control men and she is faced with becoming part of the `in’ crowd or remaining true to herself.”

Sci-fi/Fantasy:

Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale by  Holly Black
“Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.”

A Great and Terrible Beauty (book 1), Rebel Angels (book 2) & *The Sweet Far Thing (book 3) by Libba 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.”

Sharp North by Patrick Cave
“In a futuristic world, Great Families rule Britain through a caste system where reproduction is seriously restricted, while the families keep illegal clones or "spares" of themselves.”

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
“In the year 241, 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.”

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
“In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.”

*Bunker 10 by J.A. Henderson
“Something is going terribly wrong at the top secret Pinewood Military Installation, and the teenage geniuses who study and work there are about to discover a horrible truth as they lead a small military force trying to retrieve data and escape before the compound self-destructs.”

*Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
“At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.”

Jacob's Ladder by Brian Keaney
“When Jacob wakes up in the middle of a field, he realizes that the only thing he remembers is his name, and when he arrives at a nearby town he becomes aware that everyone there is also suffering from amnesia.”

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
“Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.”

*Wicked Lovely & *Ink Exchange (sequel) by Melissa Marr
“Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.”

*The Host by Stephenie Meyer
“A member of a species that takes over the minds of human bodies, Wanderer is unable to disregard his host's love for a man in hiding, a situation that forces both possessor and host to become unwilling allies.”

Twilight (book 1), New Moon (book 2), and Eclipse (book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
“When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.”

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (book 1), School's Out -- Forever (book 2), Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (book 3) & *The Final Warning (book 4) by James Patterson
“After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the 'birdkids,' who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.”

*Unwind by Neal Shusterman
“In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives ‘unwound’ and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.”

Uglies (book 1), Pretties (book 2), Specials (book 3), & Extras (book 4) by Scott Westerfeld
“Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.”

Short Stories:

Places I never Meant to be: Original Stories by Censored Writers edited by Judy Blume
“A collection of short stories accompanied by short essays on censorship by twelve authors whose works have been challenged in the past.”

Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports by Alden R. Carter
“A collection of stories about high school students from one end of the social spectrum to the other.”

The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior edited by Mary Higgins Clark
“Collection of twenty-two mystery stories both new and previously published by Thomas Adcock, Winifred Holtby, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, Barbara Steiner, Eric Weiner, and others.”

Talk to Me : Stories and a Novella by Carol Dines

Back of Beyond : Stories of the Supernatural by Sarah Ellis
“A collection of twelve otherworldly stories which blend reality and unreality.”

Local Girls by Alice Hoffman

What they Found : Love on 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers
“Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, such as a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.”

Gothic! : Ten Original Dark Tales edited by Deborah Noyes
“Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror and wild humor, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal.”

Reviving Ophelia : Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher

Island Boyz by Graham Salisbury

A Nightmare's Dozen : Stories from the Dark edited by Michael Stearns

Being Dead : Stories by Vivian Vande Velde
“Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.”

Sports:

Fence Busters by Clair Bee
“As the freshman baseball team at State University tries to live up to its nickname, "Fence Busters," Chip must endure an injury and friction with a jealous teammate.”

Tangerine by Edward 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.”

Roughnecks by Thomas Cochran
“Travis Cody prepares for the final game of his high school football career, a rematch with his school's chief rival.”

Crackback by John 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.”

Night Hoops by Carl Deuker
“While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.”

Second Stringer by Thomas J. Dygard
“When Kevin replaces the quarterback and football hero who suffers a knee injury, the second stringer needs to prove that he can do the job and is not just a substitute.”

Rash by Pete Hautman
“In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.”

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
“A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.”

*The Big Field by Mike Lupica
“When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.”

Travel Team by Mike 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.”

Throwing Like a Girl by Weezie Kerr Mackey
“After moving from Chicago to Dallas in the spring of her sophomore year, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that joining the softball team at her private school not only helps her make friends, it also provides unexpected opportunities to learn and grow.”

*New books.