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Author
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Title
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Book Location(s)
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| Anderson,
Laurie Halse |
Speak
Melinda describes her freshman year in high school following
a summer when she was raped at a party and so traumatized
that she can't talk about it. Assisted by a supportive
art teacher, she slowly finds her voice and expresses
her feelings. |
Teen
Anderson |
| Anderson, M.T. |
Burger
Wuss
Anthony plans his revenge against the bully who stole
his girlfriend in this get even story. |
Teen
Anderson |
| Cormier, Robert |
The Chocolate
War
Jerry Renault dares to disturb his universe when he is
given an assignment to carry out by the malevolent Archie
Costello and the Vigils. |
Teen
Cormier |
| Crutcher,
Chris |
Whale Talk
T. J. tries to exact revenge on the popular, powerful
athletes and coaches by inviting the school’s outcasts
to join the swimming team. Although they face many obstacles,
the team members bond, grow and compete on a high level.
|
Teen
Crutcher |
| Enger, Leif |
Peace
Like a River
Set in a quiet 1960’s Minnesota community, this magical
debut novel centers around 11 year old asthmatic Reuben
Land and his family including his father, his brother,
and his precocious younger sister. Life explodes after
Davy, Reuben’s older brother, kills two intruders
who plan on harming the family. After Davy escapes from
jail, the Lands leave their home and begin a difficult
journey to find him. |
Fiction
Enger
Teen Enger |
| Ferris, Jean |
Eight
Seconds
John is forced to make tough choices about homosexuality
whe he learns that his rodeo buddy, is gay, and that people
consider him gay by association. |
Teen
Ferris |
| Flinn, Alexandra |
Breathing
Underwater
Because he has beaten his girlfriend, Nick is ordered
by the court to attend anger management classes and write
a journal to explain what happened in his relationship.
|
Teen
Flinn |
| Giles,
Gail |
Shattering Glass
In this suspenseful, disturbing novel, a high school
clique’s plans to make over a social outcast go tragically
awry. As Simon Glass progresses from reject to class favorite,
he begins to show a dark side, and an ability to do what
they thought he never could do--defy them. |
Teen
Giles |
| King,
Stephen |
Carrie
After enduring years of abuse, Carrie attends the high
school prom and wreaks havoc and vengeance on her small
Maine town. |
Mystery
King |
| Klass,
David |
You Don't Know Me
Although 14-year-old John says nobody knows the first
thing about him, his multi-layered thoughts amusingly
reveal everything we need to know about his painful life-algebra
class, band practice, involvements with girls, and his
home life, especially his abusive step-father. |
Teen
Klass |
| Mazer,
Norma Fox |
Out
of Control
Rollo Wingate thought his life was perfect because he
has two best friends. The three of them were the Lethal
Threesome until following his friends turns into bullying
and harassment. This book gives us an inside view of both
the bully and the target. |
Teen
Mazer |
| Mikaelsen,
Ben |
Touching Spirit Bear
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order
to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing
alternative based on Native American Circle Justice. He
is banished for one year to a remote Alaskan island, where
he is attacked by a mysterious white bear of Native American
legend. |
Teen
Mikaelsen |
| Philbrick,
Rodman |
The Last Book in the Universe
In a future time without hope, Spaz tries to rescue his
little sister with the help of Ryter and a proov (genetically
perfected) girl who lives in Eden. |
Teen
Philbrick |
| Spinelli,
Jerry |
Stargirl
A new student named Stargirl celebrates her uniqueness
in eccentric ways that stun the students of Mica High
School. |
Teen
Spinelli |
| Strasser,
Todd |
Give a Boy a Gun
Two armed students hold terrified classmates and teachers
hostage during a school dance in a high school gymnasium.
|
Teen
Strasser |
| Wittlinger,
Ellen |
What's In A Name
Told by ten different students in Scrup Harbor High
School, their voices give the reader a more total view
of hidden motivations and hurt feelings than even these
characters have.
|
Teen
Wittlinger |
| Wolff, Tobias |
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
The author recreates his own 1950s youth with stories
of moving from one school to another, various abandoned
friends, schemes of running away to Alaska, stealing
cars, and forging checks.
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B
W832t Wolff
Teen B W832t Wolff |
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