| Rees,
Peter
Vampire High
When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and
Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from
the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon,
the wolf who guides him aro und campus on the first day.
Haines,
J.D.
Flight of the Eagle
A troubled thirteen-year-old from Chicago moves to Oklahoma, where his
part-Cherokee grandfather prepares him to go on a vision quest, then shows
him how to live by spiritual ideals on his journey toward manhood.
Darrow,
Sharon
The Painters of Lexieville
Seventeen-year-old Pert Lexie does not think things could get much worse
in her small, impoverished community, but when her uncle's advances go
too far, everything--including her determination to leave as soon as possible--suddenly
changes.
Collins,
Pat Lowery
The
Fattening Hut
A teenage girl living on a tropical island runs away to escape her tribe's
customs of arranged marriages and female genital mutilation.
Albert,
Louise
Less
Than Perfect
Fifteen-year-old Laura finds her life terribly complicated when she meets
an interesting boy and her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Thesman,
Jean
Rising Tide
In 1908, Kate and Ellen set up shop and begin to sell handmade Irish linens
to a select San Francisco clientele. Sequel to the award-winning A Sea
So Far.
MacCullough,
Carolyn
Falling Through Darkness
Seventeen-year-old Ginny unexpectedly gets help from her father's new
tenant while struggling to cope with her guilt and confusion over the
death of her daredevil boyfriend.
Wallace,
Rich
Restless: A Ghost’s Story
Renowned for being one of the few writers who can hit the mark with teenage
boys, Wallace takes the sports novel and pushes it to another level. Here's
a ghost story as real and exhilarating as they come.
Nolan,
Han
When We Were Saints
Archibald Caswell could never please his domineering granddaddy Silas.
Now with Granddaddy gone, Archie finds himself lost, confused, and wondering
what Granddaddy could possibly have meant by his dying words: "Young
man, you are a saint!"Clare Simmons knows exactly what Silas meant.
She convinces Archie to dedicate his life to God, give up his possessions,
steal his granddaddy's truck, and head north to the Cloisters in New York
Korman,
Gordon
Jake, Reinvented
An homage to The Great Gatsby, Korman's novel is a fresh look at the age-old
themes of popularity, acceptance, and human nature.
Alphin,
Elaine Marie
Picture Perfect
A gap in his memory the afternoon that his best friend disappears in a
redwood forest has a fifteen-year-old photographer wondering about his
own role in the mystery, and who he can turn to for help.
Lee,
Tanith
Wolf Wing: Claidi Journals Book IV
Following their marriage, Claidi and Argul are drawn back to her birthplace,
the House, where yet again they are led to seek the answer to the riddle
of Ustareth.
Going,
K.L.
Fat Kid Rules the World
Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300
pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is
a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.
Atkins,
Catherine
Alt Ed
In her second novel, the author paints a gripping portrait of an overweight
girl coming to terms with her father's estrangement, her brother's hostility,
and the ostrasizing she deals with at the hands of her classmates.
Jennings,
Patrick
The Wolving Time
In France during a time of witch-hunts, in a village with a corrupt priest,
thirteen-year-old Lazlo longs to be able to turn into a wolf as his parents
can, but also desires the friendship of a village girl.
Cadnum,
Michael
Ship of Fire
Cadnum makes the daring attack of 1587 come alive again, and lets us experience
for ourselves the turmoil of an era when fighting was often hand-to-hand
and a young man had to learn quickly the nature of courage.
Rees,
Celia
Pirates!
In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation
where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes
with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates
traveling the world in search of treasure.
Dickinson,
Peter
The Kin
Told from four points of view, with tales of the Kin's creation interspersed
throughout, this epic novel humanizes early man and illuminates the beginning
of language, the development of skills, and the organization of society.
Browne,
N.M.
Warriors of Camlann
Armed with their respective powers as warrior and magician, Dan and Ursula
attempt to return to their own time through the Veil, but they find themselves
in the turbulent era of the early Middle Ages in the service of a British
war duke.
Malloy,
Brian
Year of Ice
Kevin Doyle knows he's gay, but he's not ready to come out. He feels more
natural pretending he's the alpha-male and avoiding girls altogether.
Plus he's still coming to grips with his mother's death, and the surrounding
circumstances.
Concon,
Ranulfo
Nirvana’s Children
Fifteen-year-old Napoleon Taal runs away from an abusive home but finds
life on the streets far more dangerous and disturbing than he had expected.
Lenkov,
Peter M.
Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (Big Fat Comic!)
The city of New York is being plagued by fish falling from the sky, strange
lights in the night, collections of microbial goo, and vanishing citizens.
It's up to Charles Fort, prophet of the unexplained, to expose the truth.
Myers,
Walter Dean
The Dream Bearer
During a summer in Harlem, David relies on his mother and a close friend
and on an old man he meets in the park to help him come to terms with
his father's outbursts and unstable behavior.
Myers,
Walter Dean
The Beast
A visit to his Harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he
loves is using drugs give sixteen-year-old Anthony Witherspoon a new perspective,
both on his home and on his life at a Connecticut prep school
Kehret,
Peg
Escaping the Giant Wave
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting
his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries
to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
Brooks,
Terry
Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
Fantasy
Novelist Terry Brooks, author of "The Sword of Shannara" and
many other bestselling books, discusses his life, telling the story of
how he became a writer, and sharing secrets for creating memorable fiction.
Richardson,
V.A.
The House of Windjammer
In the fall of 1636, Adam, fourteen-year-old heir to the House of Windjammer,
must find a way to keep his family afloat after his father dies and tulip
fever sweeps Amsterdam. This gripping novel exposes obsession, treachery,
and secrecy.
Bell,
Hilari
The Goblin Wood
One day a hedgewitch named Makenna sees her mother murdered by the neighbors.
After briefly hiding in the forest, Makenna rallies with the goblins to
fight off enemies. She doesn't realize, though, that the ruling Hierarchy
wants her gone.
Nelson,
Blake
The New Rules of High School
Seventeen-year-old Max Caldwell has been the perfect high school student--on
the honor roll, captain of the debate team, and soon-to-be editor of the
school newspaper--but during his senior year, things start changing.
Ritter,
John H.
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball
game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets
of a now-disgraced ball player. It was the kind of game from which legends
are born . . .
Davis,
Rebecca Fjelland
Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged
The friendship between a troubled boy, recently released from a reform
school, and the farm girl who lives next door angers the faculty at their
school and leads to a dangerous confrontation.
Dunkle,
Clare B.
The Hollow Kingdom
In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins
chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their
ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen.
Mccaughrean,
Geraldine
Stop the Train!
Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Runner railroad in
1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build
a real town.
Shyer,
Marlene Fanta
The Rainbow Kite
Twelve-year-old Matthew describes the prejudices and struggles that his
entire family faces when people learn that his older brother Bennett is
gay.
Britton,
Susan
The Treekeepers
Searching for her father, Bird joins three other children, Issie, Dren,
and Stoke, on a journey to the Kingdom of Wen to overthrow the evil Lord
Rendarren. Bird's saga will thrill readers in this author's debut.
Mack,
Tracy
Birdland
Fourteen-year-old, tongue-tied Jed spends Christmas break working on a
school project filming a documentary about his East Village, New York
City, neighborhood, where he is continually reminded of his older brother,
Zeke, a promising poet who died the year before.
Hurwin,
Davida Wills
The Farther you Run
The sequel to A TIME FOR DANCING, this coming-of-age novel that deals
with the grief process is equally poignant, funny, and heart-wrenching.
Here Samantha meets another girl, and explores the possibility of a close
friendship.
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