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Fiction
1000 Reasons Never to Kiss a Boy by Martha Freeman (F Freeman)

After her first boyfriend cheats on her, sixteen-year-old Jane vows to never kiss another boy.

Alchemyst by Michael Dylan Scott (F SCOTT)

Fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, find themselves caught up in the deadly struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient book that holds the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers (F BOWERS)

Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who deserted her.

Before I Die by Jenny Downham (F DOWNHAM)

A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.

Before Midnight: A Retelling of Cinderella by Cameron Dokey (F DOKEY)

A retelling of the tale about a girl whose father remarries and the effects that her stepmother has on the family.

Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin (F HARAZIN)796.357 VINCENT)

With his best friend on life-support after taking drugs at a party, seventeen-year-old Clay, a medical technician, recalls their long friendship, future plans, and recent disagreement, and tries to figure out who is responsible for the accidental overdose.

Boys that Bite by Marianne Mancusi (F MANCUSI)

Due to a case of mistaken identity, Sunshine McDonald is bitten by a good looking vampire and must find a way to reverse the vampire curse before she becomes one of the undead for the rest of time.

Crank by Ellen Hopkins (F HOPKINS)

Kristina Georgia Snow's life is turned upside-down, when she visits her absentee father, gets turned on to the drug "crank", becomes addicted, and is led down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her life.

Dead Lines: A Novel of Life--After Death by Greg Bear (F BEAR)

Peter Russell, his marriage over, his young daughter murdered, and his best friend dead of a heart attack, is offered a job making promotional films for Trans, a communication device that transmits across a newly discovered bandwidth, but he soon discovers that Trans has tapped into the frequency of the afterlife and unleashed new horror on the world.

Deadline by Chris Crutcher (F 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."

Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah (F ABDEL-FATTAH)

Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.

Dramarama by E. Lockhart (F LOCKHART)

Spending their summer at Wildewood Academy, an elite boarding school for the performing arts, tests the bond between teens Sadye and her best friend Demi.

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande (F BRANDE)

Mena, ostracized at church, home, and school for writing a letter of apology to a gay teen who was harassed into trying to kill himself by her fundamentalist friends, struggles to find her way when new friends and school experiences force her to think about what she really believes.

Diary of a Teenage Girl Series by Melody Carlson (F Carlson)

We have 5 books in this series: Falling Up, Just Ask, Meant to be, My Name is Chloe, and That Was Then. This series consists of honest and candid diary-style books that engage and entertain readers and provide a gutsy account of Christianity from a teen who's determined to keep it real. Stories deal with relevant teen issues such as fitting in, frustrations with parents, stress, jealousy, and questioning God.

Finding Daddy by Louise Plummer (F PLUMMER)

Just before her sixteenth birthday, Mira finally tracks down the father she has never known, but a few days before meeting him--without her mother's or grandmother's knowledge--someone breaks into her home, beginning an escalating series of crimes that show Mira her father is not all she has imagined.

Geek High by Piper Banks (F BANKS)

Known as "The Human Calculator," fifteen-year-old Miranda is anything but popular, and it seems that will only get worse when she has to move in with her estranged father and his family, then is blackmailed into planning a school dance, where she will be escorted by a freshman while her stepsister dances with Miranda's dream date.

Glass by Ellen Hopkins (F HOPKINS)

Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.

Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles (F MILES)

Guenevere thinks that all her problems will be solved after she marries Arthur, but when Arthur's evil sisters return to Camelot, they destroy everything Guenevere cherishes.

High Heat by Carl Deuker (F DEUKER)

High school sophomore and star pitcher Shane Hunter's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart when his father, owner of a Lexus dealership, is arrested for money laundering.

Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer (F SITOMER)

Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.

I am Legend by Richard Matheson (F MATHESON)

Robert Neville, the last living man on an Earth in which every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, struggles to survive, scavenging for food and supplies and desperately searching for other survivors and trying to avoid the evil that lurks in the shadows. Includes ten additional short horror stories.

Inside Out by Terry Trueman (F TRUEMAN)

A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth (F SHETH)

In India in the 1940s, thirteen-year-old Leela's happy, spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine, whom she barely knows, dies, leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from Mahatma Ghandi's social and political reforms.

Kissing the Bee by Kathe Koja (F KOJA)

While working on a bee project for her advanced biology class, quiet high school senior Dana reflects on her relationship with gorgeous best friend Avra and Avra's boyfriend Emil, whom Dana secretly loves.

Last Dance at the Frosty Queen by Richard Allen Uhlig (F UHLIG)

In the spring of 1988, as his high school graduation approaches, Artie Flood worries that he will never be able to escape his tiny Kansas town.

Mundbound by Hillary Jordan (F JORDAN)

The shaky marriage between Henry McAllan and his city-bred wife Laura becomes even more unstable when his brother Jamie returns from World War II in 1946 to help work the family's miserable cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta, along with his comrade-in-arms Ronsel Jackson, the oldest son of local sharecroppers, who soon learns that his heroics in battle mean nothing in the Jim Crow south.

Night Hoops by Carl Deuker (F DEUKER)

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

Not Like You by Deborah Davis (F 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.

Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot (F 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.

Safe by Susan Shaw (F SHAW)

When thirteen-year-old Tracy, whose mother died when she was three years old, is raped and beaten on the last day of school, all her feelings of security disappear and she does not know how to cope with the fear and dread that engulf her.

Slam by Nick Hornby (F 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.

Small Eternities by Michael Lawrence (F LAWRENCE)

In the second volume of the Withern Rise trilogy, seventeen-year-old Naia and Alaric deal with the consequences of switching realities and discover even more layers to their world.

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin (F LEVITIN)

Fifteen-year-old Marne is excited to be able to spend her summer vacation in Hawaii, not realizing the change in her lifestyle it would bring staying with her aunt, seven cousins, and uncle who is a Chasidic rabbi.

Undercover by Beth Kephart (F KEPHART)

High school sophomore Elisa is used to observing and 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 parents' marital problems draw her out of herself.

Vendetta by Chris Humphreys (F HEMPHREYS)

After realizing the enormity of his Norwegian grandfather's betrayal, fifteen-year-old Sky leaves England to follow his visions to Corsica, the homeland of his other ancestors, hoping to find some ways to defeat his grandfather's powers and restore his cousin Kristin's free will.

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (F MARR)

Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see fairies, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle by Keenan, the terrifying but alluring Summer King, who determines that she must become his queen and save summer from perishing.

You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews (F ANDREWS)

Turing Hopper, an artificial intelligence personality who believes she is becoming sentient, enlists the help of Universal Library employees Tim Pincoski and Maude Graham when her creator Zack goes missing and she suspects foul play.

Nonfiction
101 Questions about Sleep and Dreams that Kept You Awake at Night--Until Now by Faith Hickman Brynie (612.821 Brynie)

101 questions from high school students around the country that examines the physical, emotional, and social issuessurrounding sleep and dreams.

The Complete Dream Book: Discover What Your Dreams Reveal about You and Your Life by Gillian Holloway (154.63 HOLLOWAY)

A guide to understanding dreams, featuring analyses of common dream elements, and explaining why it is important to know what is being communicated through dreams.

Speed Show: How NASCAR won the Heart of America by Dave Caldwell (796.762 CALDWELL)

Discusses NASCAR's growth in popularity since the death of Dale Earnhardt and describes several aspects of the sport, including its history, technology, and fans.

Bleeding Kansas: The Violent Clash Over Slavery in the Heartland by Jeff Young (978.102 YOUNG)

Provides an account of the tensions that erupted in Kansas over the question of whether the territory would be admitted into the United States as a slave or free state. Includes links to Internet resources.

War to the knife: Bleeding Kansas 1854-1861 by Thomas Goodrich (978.102 GOODRICH)

Chronicles the fighting that took place in Kansas between 1854 and 1861 over whether Kansas would join the Union as a free or slave state; includes photographs, maps, and eyewitness accounts.

The Video Game Explosion: A History from Pong to Playstation and Beyond Edited by Mark J.P. Wolf (R 794.8 VIDEO)

Contains over forty essays that explore the history, popularity, and culture of video games and includes a timeline, illustrations, a glossary, and a resource guide.

Legends of Blood: The Vampire in History and Myth Edited by W.B. Bartlett (398.21 BARTLETT)

Examines vampirism and the vampire myth from antiquity to the twenty-first century, discussing aspects such as religion, sexuality, and the relationship between vampires and witchcraft.


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