YA
HOB |
Hobbs, Will |
Far
North |
| After a plane crash,
fifteen-year-old Gabe and roommate Raymond
must survive alone in the Canadian wilderness.
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HOR |
Horowitz, Anthony |
Point Blank |
| Alex Rider continues his intelligence
work by investigating a boarding school in
the French Alps, where teens are acting uncommonly
well-behaved. |
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YA
YOL |
Yolen, Jane |
Armageddon Summer |
| After being told the world was
about to end, Jed and Mari refuse to believe
their newfound love will end too. |
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ZIN |
Zindel, Paul |
Reef of Death |
| Seventeen-year-old PC McPhee
goes to Australia to help his uncle and becomes
immersed in a mystery surrounding aboriginal
treasures and a strange ship. |
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YA
BAR |
Barron, T.A. |
Child of the Dark Prophecy |
| What would you do if the stars
stopped shining? Avalon’s fate rests
with three young people and their search for
Merlin’s heir. |
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YA
CRO |
Crossley-Holland Kevin |
The Seeing Stone |
| The legend of the round table
comes to life in this first volume of the
Arthur trilogy. |
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YA
FAR |
Farmer, Nancy |
Sea of Trolls |
| Set in A.D. 793, in the land
of the Vikings, two children are swept up
in a quest in which they encounter a dragon,
a giant spider and trolls. |
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YA
LAG |
Le Guin, Ursula |
Gifts |
| In the Uplands, feuding families
fight each other using their strange "gifts”.
Will Orrec go against them by using his powers
for good? |
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YA
CUS |
Cushman, Karen Matilda |
Bone |
| In return for food and shelter,
Matilda becomes the assistant of Red Peg the
Bonesetter in a small medieval English village. |
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YA
FAS |
Fast, Howard |
April Morning |
| The story of a day in the life
of a young American boy in colonial Lexington
- the day he joined the militia and saw his
father shot down by the British. |
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YA
KER |
Kerr, M. E. |
Slap Your Sides |
| In small town Sweet Creek, Pennsylvania,
Bud Shoemaker abides by his Quaker beliefs
and becomes a conscientious objector to World
War II. |
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YA
MCC |
McCaughrean, Geraldine |
The Kite Rider |
| In 13th-century China, the Great
Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers 12-year-old
Haoyou the chance to change his life--by becoming
a kite rider. |
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YA
MYE |
Myers, Walter Dean |
Fallen Angels |
| After graduating high school,
Richie Perry is sent to Vietnam where he encounters
the death and destruction only a soldier of
war can experience. |
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YA
PAT |
Paterson, Katherine |
Jacob Have I Loved |
| Sara Louise recalls her turbulent
adolescence and intense jealousy of twin sister,
Caroline. |
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PAU |
Paulsen, Gary |
Soldier’s Heart |
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley
has a change of heart after experiencing both
the physical horrors and mental anguish of
Civil War combat. |
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YA
ZIN |
Zindel, Paul |
The Gadget |
| After the bombs start falling
in London, Stephen is sent to Los Alamos to
live with his physicist father. Instead of
heading into safety, he finds he is heading
for more danger. |
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YA
CAR |
Carroll, Jenny |
Code Name Cassandra |
| When struck by lightning, Jess
developed a psychic ability to find missing
children-- but now she wants the government
and the media to think she’s lost her
power. |
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YA
COR |
Cormier, Robert |
Tenderness |
| Deadly, but charming Eric has
just been released from juvenile detention
for murdering his mother and stepfather. Has
he reformed or is another murder about to
happen? |
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YA
HOR |
Horowitz, Anthony |
Eagle Strike |
| Alex Rider is once again embroiled
in super-spy mayhem, this time involving a
Russian assassin, an unusual virtual-reality
game and a madman. |
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YA
NIX |
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
Playing for Keeps |
| It's anything but smooth sailing
when a teenage girl discovers a 17-year-old
stowaway on a vacation cruise off the coast
of Cuba. |
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YA
PLU |
Plum-Ucci, Carol, |
The Body of Christopher Creed
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| The often-tortured class weirdo
has disappeared, leaving an enigmatic note
on the school library computer. Is he a runaway,
a suicide or a murder victim? |
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VAN |
Van Draanen, Wendelin |
Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception |
Sammy is at it again when she
thwarts an art gallery robbery, but the real
detective work begins when she seeks the truth
about a so-called painter.
Realistic: |
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BRA |
Brashares, Ann |
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer
of the Sisterhood |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants graduates from high school and spends
their last summer before college learning
about life and themselves. |
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YA
CAB |
Cabot, Meg |
Teen Idol |
| Teenage heartthrob Luke Stryker
persuades junior Jenny Greeley to use her
considerable talents to try to change things
at school for the better. |
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YA
COO |
Cooney, Caroline |
The Voice on the Radio |
| Reeve gets a gig on the college
radio station and tells a true--albeit fantastic--story
about girlfriend Janie. He’s an instant
sensation with listeners, but will Janie be
pleased? |
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DES |
Dessen, Sarah |
The Truth About Forever |
| Following her father’s
death, Macy’s summer plans change as
she goes to work at a catering business where
she makes new friends and finally faces her
grief. |
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DEU |
Deuker, Carl |
Runner |
| Chance Taylor is one step away
from homelessness until a new job comes his
way. He knows how much he will earn; what
he doesn't know is how much he will pay. |
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LIM |
Limb, Sue |
Girl, 15, Charming But Insane |
| Fifteen-year-old Jess always
finds herself in deep water - especially with
the boys - but relies on her humor to stay
afloat. |
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PAU |
Paulsen, Gary |
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
and Other Outrageous Tales from Extreme Sports |
| Tag along with several daredevil
teenagers as they attempt to take on such
extreme sports as bungee-jumping, hang-gliding
and skateboarding. |
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YA
POW |
Powell, Randy |
Tribute to Another Dead Rock
Star |
| Fifteen-year-old Grady Grennan
must move in with new relatives—but
finds his family members are about as compatible
as Mozart and heavy metal. |
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QUA |
Qualey, Marsha |
Just Like That |
| One day Hanna feels rooted in
her life; the next she begins to question
everything. Then Hanna meets Will and things
are suddenly more complicated than ever. |
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YA
REN |
Rennison, Louise |
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel |
| The saga of teenager Georgia
Nicolson continues in diary entries about
her life after she must make do without her
boyfriend. |
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YA
CAB |
Cabot, Meg |
All-American Girl |
| Fifteen-year old Samantha has
lots going on in her life- having a crush
on her sister’s boyfriend, dyeing all
her clothes black and saving the president’s
life. |
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KRO |
Krovatin, Christopher |
Heavy Metal and You |
| Sam is a smoking, drinking metal
head who spews vulgarity; then he meets Melissa.
Will pleasing Melissa completely change him? |
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YA
SPI |
Spinelli, Jerry |
Stargirl |
| In this story about the perils
of popularity, the courage of nonconformity
and the thrill of first love, an eccentric
student named Stargirl changes Mica High School
forever. |
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YA
WIL |
Wilson, Jacqueline |
Girls in Love |
| Ellie's starting ninth grade
and wants a boyfriend, even if she has to
settle for one who likes her more than she
likes him. |
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YOU |
Young, Karen Romano |
The Beetle and Me |
| Surrounded by her busy extended
family and their many cars, Daisy pursues
her goal of single-handedly restoring the
car of her dreams. |
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Fiction: |
YA
BEL |
Bell, Hilari |
A Matter of Profit |
| Desperately searching for his
place in a new alien world, Viv Ahvren risks
his own future and his sister's freedom when
he follows rumors that could destroy the planet. |
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YA
FAR |
Farmer, Nancy |
The House of the Scorpion |
| To most people around him, Matt
is not a boy, but a beast. As Matt struggles
to understand his existence, he is threatened
by sinister characters. |
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YA
HAD |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
Among the Hidden |
| Government regulations limit
families to two children each, so Luke, an
illegal third-born, must live his life in
secret. Or will he? |
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YA
OBR |
O’Brien, Robert |
Z is for Zachariah |
| After a nuclear war, Ann thinks
she is the sole survivor, but when a man makes
his way to her isolated valley, she discovers
that being alone may not have been the worst
thing. |
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YA
PAT |
Patterson, James |
Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment |
| A group of genetically enhanced
kids are on the ride of their lives as they
run from part-human, part-wolf predators called
Erasers. |
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YA
PAU |
Paulsen, Gary |
The Transall Saga |
| A solo camping trip turns into
a terrifying adventure when a mysterious beam
of light transports a young man into another
time on what appears to be another planet.
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| 597.3 CAP |
Capuzzo, Michael |
Close to Shore |
| In 1916, mass hysteria grips
the Jersey coast when a shark terrorizes the
shoreline in this account of one of the first
documented shark attacks. |
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| 741.5 MCC |
McCould, Scott |
Understanding Comics |
| This book about comics dissects
the art form and shows how words, lines, colors,
symbols, panels and pictures all come together
to create a unique, one-of-a-kind storytelling
experience. |
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| 792.8 GAR |
Garfunkel, Trudy |
On Wings of Joy: The Story of
Ballet |
| Fascinating history, dancers,
choreographers and stories; a bit of everything
that has helped to create this wonderful art
form. |
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| 796.357 ASI |
Asinof, Eliot |
Eight Men Out |
| It’s all here: the players,
the scandal, the shame - and the damage the
1919 World Series caused America’s national
pastime. |
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| 796.5 KRA |
Krakauer, Jon |
Into Thin Air |
| Only a handful of people have
ever stood atop Mount Everest. Krakauer is
one of them, but the story he tells here is
not of glorious triumph, but rather a true
account of survival and death. |
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| 942.014 DAY |
Day, David |
The Search for King Arthur |
| Complemented by 170 glorious
full-color illustrations, this fascinating
narrative recounts the legend, focusing not
only on Arthur but on the people surrounding
him. |
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| 949.7 FIL |
Filipovic, Zlata |
Zlata’s Diary |
| Written by a young Sarajevo
teen in the early 1990s, these diary entries
offer a wrenching view of growing up in wartime. |
