Speak
Anderson, Laurie Halse |
A traumatic
event in the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's
freshman year of high school. Teen. Anderson. |
Hanging
on to Max
Bechard, Margaret |
When
his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old
Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone. Teen.
Bechard. |
Saturnalia
Fleischman, Paul |
In
1681 in Boston, fourteen-year-old William, a Narraganset
Indian captured in a raid six years earlier, leads a productive
and contented life as a printer's apprentice but is increasingly
anxious to make some connection with his Indian past.
Teen. Fleischman. |
Seek
Fleischman, Paul |
Rob
becomes obsessed with searching the airwaves for his long-gone
father, a radio announcer. Teen. Fleischman. |
Whirligig
Fleischman, Paul |
Convicted
of DUI and manslaughter, Brent was responsible for an
18-year-old girl's death, but is given a chance to atone
for his deed. Teen. Fleischman. |
Ellen
Foster
Gibbons, Kaye |
Growing up in a small Southern town where she is abused
by members of her family, eleven-year-old Ellen Foster
searches for a safe place to live. Teen. Gibbons. |
The
Outsiders
Hinton, S. E. |
Three
brothers struggle to stay together after their parents'
death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting
values of their adolescent society in which they find
themselves "outsiders." Teen. Hinton. |
Disconnected
Hrdlitschka, Shelley |
Fourteen-year-old
Canadians, Tanner and Alex, discover they have a mysterious
connection when drug dealers kidnap Tanner while he is
on a hockey trip, mistaking him for Alex who met them
while running away from an abusive father. Teen. Hrdlitschka.
|
The
Boxer
Karr, Kathleen |
Having
learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny
sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as
a fighter in late nineteenth-century New York City. Teen.
Karr. |
Stoner
& Spaz
Koertge, Ronald |
A
troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance
with the help of a drug-addicted young woman. Teen.
Koertge. |
Buddha
Boy
Koja, Kathe |
Justin
spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new
student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha
Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself,
and the entire school. Teen. Koja. |
Member
of the Wedding
McCullers, Carson |
Her
brother's wedding intensifies a twelve-year-old's need
to be recognized as an important person. Fiction. McCullers.
Also in Teen. |
Jade
Green
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
While
living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost
of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders
if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.
Teen. Naylor. |
Myrtle
of Willendorf
O'Connell, Rebecca |
A
bright and artistic young woman with a fondness for junk
food experiences a kooky modern-day coming of age by way
of the Goddess within. Teen. O'Connell. |
Animal
Farm
Orwell, George |
A
satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow
their human owner and set up their own government. Fiction.
Orwell. Also in Teen. |
When
the Emperor was Divine
Otsuka, Julie |
A
story told from five different points of view, chronicles
the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the
nightmare of the World War II internment camps. Fiction.
Otsuka. Also in Teen. |
The
Education of Robert Nifkin
Pinkwater, Daniel |
Set
in the 1950s in Chicago, Robert Nifkin tells his highly
unorthodox high school experiences in the form of a college
application essay. Teen. Pinkwater. |
I Had
Seen Castles
Rylant, Cynthia |
Now
an old man, John is haunted by memories of himself as
an eighteen-year-old, enlisting to fight in World War
II, a decision which forced him to face the horrors of
war and changed his life forever. Teen. Rylant. |
Of
Mice and Men
Steinbeck, John |
The
tragic story of two itinerant ranch hands on the run--one
is the lifelong companion to the other, a developmentally
disabled man. Fiction. Steinbeck. Also in Teen. |
The
Pearl
Steinbeck, John |
A
poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his
family when he finds a priceless pearl. Teen. Steinbeck. |
The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
Dr.
Jekyll invented a drug that would change him into the
ominous Mr. Hyde. His evil nature, however, became the
stronger part of him and to his horror, he no longer needed
the formula to transform his appearance. Fiction. Stevenson.
Also in Teen. |
Dancing
Through the Shadows
Tomlinson, Theresa |
When
she learns that her mother has breast cancer, Ellen finds
that preparing for a special dance and helping with an
archaeological dig help her to cope. Teen. Tomlinson.
|
The
Tuesday Café
Trembath, Don |
Harper
Winslow has set a small fire at his high school and is
sentenced to write an essay titled "How I plan to
turn my life around." He joins a writing class, sees
a school counselor, and begins to work things out with
his family. Teen. Trembath. |
Stuck
in Neutral
Trueman, Terry |
Fourteen-year-old
Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy
and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life,
his family, and his condition, especially as he believes
his father is planning to kill him. Teen. Trueman.
|
Ethan
Frome
Wharton, Edith |
A
New England farmer must choose between his duty to care
for his invalid wife and his love for her cousin. Fiction.
Wharton. Also in Teen. |
The
Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wilder, Thornton |
The Franciscan Brother Juniper tries to prove that the
deaths of five victims of a bridge collapse in 18th-century
Peru were part of God's plan. Fiction. Wilder. Also
in Teen. |
The
Long Night of Leo and Bree
Wittlinger, Ellen |
On
the anniversary of his sister's murder, Leo, tormented
by his mother's insane accusations and his own waking
nightmares, kidnaps a wealthy girl intending to kill her,
but instead their long night together helps them both
face their futures. Teen. Wittlinger. |
The
House You Pass on the Way
Woodson, Jacqueline |
When
fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the daughter of a racially
mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin Trout,
she finds herself attracted to Trout and catches a glimpse
of her possible future self. Teen. Woodson. |
