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Appelt, Kathi. Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance.
Graduating eighth graders relate their stories of love and heartbreak that have brought them to Dogwood Junior High's magical Stardust Dance.

Archer, Lily. The Poison Apples   
At an elite Massachusetts boarding school, three fifteen-year-old girls of very different backgrounds discover a common bond and form a club to plot revenge against their evil stepmothers.

Asher, Jay.  Thirteen Reasons Why 
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

Avi. Nothing but the Truth.
A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

Barkley, Brad and Heather Hepler. Scrambled Eggs at Midnight
Calliope (Cal) just wants to stay put instead of moving from state to state following Renaissance Faires with her mother a jewelry maker. Eliot misses the time before his father started a fat camp for Christians. The fifteen-year-olds meet in Asheville, North Carolina, and feel an immediate connection

Bat-Ami, Miriam. Two Suns in the Sky.
Christine, a Catholic girl from Oswego, New York and Adam, a Yugoslavian Jewish refuge living in the Oswego Emergency Refuge Camp alternately narrate this love story between two very different teens. Set in 1944.

Brooks, Martha. Bone Dance.
When her father wills her a cabin on land in rural Manitoba, Alexandra meets a young man who shares her Indian heritage and her experience of being haunted by spirits.

Burgess, Melvin. Smack.
After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin.

Childress, Alice. A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich.
The life of a thirteen-year-old Harlem youth on his way to becoming a heroin addict is seen from his viewpoint and from that of several people around him.

Cohn, Rachel and David Levithan.  Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist 
High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.

Cormier, Robert. Tenderness.
A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.

Coville, Bruce and Jane Yolen. Armageddon Summer.
Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe.

Cummings, Priscilla. What Mr. Mattero Did
Three seventh-grade girls accuse their music teacher of having touched them inappropriately and sexually. Melody, Mr. Mattero’s eighth grade daughter, and Claire, one of the accusers, tell the story of the investigation and its effects on everyone.

Draper, Sharon. Tears of a Tiger.
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Elkeles, Simone.  Leaving Paradise 
In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-olds Caleb and Maggie relate the difficulties of readjusting to school, and changing relationships with family, friends, and one another, a year after a drunk driving accident sent her to the hospital with a crippling leg injury and him to prison.

Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run.
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.

Flinn, Alex. Fade to Black
A boy who is HIV positive, a bully accused of attacking him with a bat and a girl with Down Syndrome, the only witness to the crime alternate in telling the story of what happened and how it changed their lives.

Frank, E.R. Life Is Funny.
The lives of a number of young people of different races, economic backgrounds, and family situations living in Brooklyn, New York, become intertwined over a seven year period.

Frost, Helen.  The Braid  
Two sisters, Sarah and Jeannie, are separated during the Highland Clearances in Scotland in 1850. Their stories are told in alternating narrative poems, braided at the edges in a form invented for this book, inspired by Celtic knotwork.

Glenn, Mel. Split Image: A Portrait in Poems.
A series of poems reflect the thoughts and feelings of various people--students, the librarian, parents, the principal, and others--about the seemingly perfect Laura Li and her life inside and out of Tower High School.

Glenn, Mel. The Taking of Room 114.
A series of poems reflect the thoughts of school officials, parents, police, and especially a class of seniors who have been taken hostage by their high school history teacher.

Griffin, Adele. Where I Want to Be
Two teenaged sisters, 17-year-old Lily and her dead 18-year-old sister, Jane who suffered from mental illness, alternately tell narrate this story about their feelings for one another.

Hartinger, Brent. Grand and Humble
Alternating chapters follow the lives of two high school boys, whose recent nightmares and premonitions of disaster are linked to mysterious past events.

Hesse, Karen. Witness
The struggles of several young people who confront family problems, emotional problems, unrequited love, mystery, and violence, is told from the viewpoint of Matt, who is known for his unusual behavior but who has unusual gifts, and Erin, who tries to use her proficiency with magic to attract Matt.

Hooper, Mary.  Newes from the Dead 
In 1650, while Robert, a young medical student, steels himself to assist with her dissection, twenty-two-year-old housemaid Anne Green recalls her life as she lies in her coffin, presumed dead after being hanged for murdering her child that was, in fact, stillborn.

Hurwin, Davida. A Time for Dancing.
Seventeen-year-old best friends Samantha and Juliana tell their stories in alternating chapters after Juliana is diagnosed with cancer.

Ingold, Jeanette.  Mountain Solo 
Back at her childhood home in Missoula, Montana, after a disastrous concert in Germany, a teenage violin prodigy contemplates giving up life with her mother in New York City and her music as she, her father, stepmother, and stepsister hike to a pioneer homesite where another violinist once faced difficult decisions of his own.

Jones, Patrick.  Things Change  
Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and is thrilled when he shows interest in her. Then he hits her and everything changes.

Kaaberbol, Lene. The Shamer’s Signet
In Book 2 of the Shamer Chronicles, Dina who has inherited the gift of perceiving people’s shames, is kidnapped and forced to shame enemies of the evil Valdrac. Her older brother is determined to protect her from her enemies.

Koss, Amy Goldman. The Girls.
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, causing hurt and self-doubt among the girls.

Lockhart, E. ,  Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle.  How to Be Bad
Told in alternating voices, Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, hoping to leave all their worries and woes behind, escape their small town by taking a road trip to Miami.

Manning, Sarra.  Pretty Things  
While rehearsing for a production of "The Taming of the Shrew," four English teenagers explore their relationships and sexuality, while also discovering some surprising truths about themselves.

Marsden, John. Letters from the Inside.
Two teenage girls begin a correspondence that gradually reveals more than either young woman wants known.

McDonald, Joyce. Swallowing Stones.
Dual perspectives reveal the aftermath of seventeen-year-old Michael MacKenzie's birthday celebration during which he discharges an antique Winchester rifle and unknowingly kills the father of high school classmate Jenna Ward.

Na, An. Wait for Me.
As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.

Napoli, Donna Jo. Zel.
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the prince, and delves into the psychological motivations of the characters.

Peterson, PJ and Ivy Ruckman. Rob & Sara.com
Two teens meet in a poetry chatroom. But are they really who they say they are?

Randle, Kristin.  Breaking Ranks
Seventeen-year-old Casey has some of her preconceived notions challenged when she begins to tutor Baby, a member of a ganglike non-conformist society called the Clan.

Sanchez, Alex.  So Hard to Say 
Thirteen-year-old Xio, a Mexican American girl, and Frederick, who has just moved to California from Wisconsin, quickly become close friends, but when Xio starts thinking of Frederick as her boyfriend, he must confront his feelings of confusion and face the fear that he might be gay.

Strasser, Todd. Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date.
When Brad asks someone else to the senior prom, Nicole resorts to a desperate measure--she decides to make her next-door neighbor over into a dream date.

Tamar, Erika. Fair Game.
High school senior Laura Jean is shocked when the school jocks are accused of gang-raping a retarded girl and her boyfriend Scott appears to be involved.

Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God.
In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred-page writing assignment which helps him to sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled teen.

Thomas, Rob. Slave Day.
Relates the events of a southern high school's "Slave Day" auction and fund raiser, which leads students, teachers, and even community members to rethink their approaches to their lives.

Vail, Rachel and Avi. Never Mind: A Twin Novel
Twelve-year-old New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.

Volponi, Paul.  Black and White  
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.

Waite, Judy. Trick of the Mind
The struggles of several young people who confront family problems, emotional problems, unrequited love, mystery, and violence, is told from the viewpoint of Matt, who is known for his unusual behavior but who has unusual gifts, and Erin, who tries to use her proficiency with magic to attract Matt.

Wittlinger, Ellen. What's in a Name?
Each of ten teenagers living in Scrub Harbor, Massachusetts, explores his or her identity at the same time that the local residents consider changing the name of their town.

Woods, Brenda.  Emako Blue 
Monterey, Savannah, Jamal, and Eddie have never had much to do with each other until Emako Blue shows up at chorus practice, but just as the lives of the five Los Angeles high school students become intertwined, tragedy tears them apart.

Zindel, Paul. The Pigman.
John and Lorraine, while playing pranks on unsuspecting strangers, meet The Pigman, who teaches them about life and kindness.

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