Adams, Douglas. The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Trilogy,
Book 1.)
Arthur Dent sets off on a trip through outer space after the Earth
is slated for destruction by aliens who want to construct an interplanetary
highway. (YA Fic SF Adams)
Alexie, Sherman. The
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane
Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where
the only other Indian is the school mascot. (YA Fic Alexie)
Allen, William Stuart.
Swords
for Hire: Two of the Most Unlikely Heroes You'll Ever Meet
In the ancient kingdom of Parnall, 16-year-old Sam Hatcher and
an eccentric Royal Guard set out on a mission to rescue the rightful
king, who has been imprisoned in a faraway dungeon by his evil
brother. (Juv Fic SF Allen)
Azuma, Kiyohiko. Azumanga
Daioh, #1
Studying for exams, the rigors of P.E., and crazy teachers are
just some of the things Tomo, Yomi, Osaka, Kagura, Chiyo-chan
and Sakaki face as they go through high school together. (YA 741.5
Azuma)
Banks, Steven. King
of the Creeps
In 1963, when a nerdy, unpopular high school senior notices his
resemblance to Bob Dylan, he leaves home for Greenwich Village
to become a folk singer. (YA Fic Banks)
Bat Boy Lives!: The Weekly World
News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions,
and the Mutant Freaks That Shape Our World
Stories about mutants, aliens, scandals, freaks of nature, and
conspiracies that have been featured in the "Weekly World
News" over the last twenty-five years. (YA 001.9 Bat)
Bauer, Joan. Thwonk
A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J.,
a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love. (YA Fic
Bauer)
Beddor, Frank. Looking
Glass Wars
Cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart
finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and
struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can
return and claim her rightful throne. (YA Fic SF Beddor)
Blacker, Terence. Boy2girl
As a prank, 13-year-old Sam dresses up as a girl for school, but
it soon gets out of hand. (YA Fic Blacker)
Cabot, Meg. All-American
Girl. (followed by Ready or Not)
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is
appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the
eye of the very cute First Son. (YA Fic Cabot, D-9394 Book
on Disc YA)
Colfer, Eoin. The
Wish List
Poised between Heaven and Hell, Meg Finn has returned to Earth
trying to tip the scale to the good by helping her last victim.
(YA Fic Colfer)
Danziger, Paula. This
Place Has No Atmosphere
In the year 2057, Aurora is devastated when her parents get jobs
on the moon and the family has to move. Life there is bound to
be miserable--how many guys could there be in a colony of only
750 people? (YA Fic Danziger)
Ferris, Jean. Love
Among the Walnuts
Sandy, his wealthy and eccentric parents, and their servants become
victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate
them and take their money. (YA Fic Ferris)
Fleischman, Paul. A
Fate Totally Worse Than Death
In this horror novel parody, 3 self-centered members of Cliffside
High School's ruling clique are beginning to age rapidly and become
convinced that the new exchange student is the ghost of the girl
whose death they caused the year before. (YA Fic M Fleischman)
Gallagher, Fred. Megatokyo,
#1
Two Americans, Piro, an obsessed anime/manga fan, and Largo, a
hardcore gamer, fly to Japan on a whim but find themselves stranded,
unable to afford the fare home. (YA 741.5 Gallagher)
Goldman, William. The
Princess Bride
This story has everything: Fencing. Fighting. Poison. True love.
Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest
ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions.
Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes.
Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles. (YA Fic SF Goldman)
Grantis, John. Technically,
It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems (followed by Blue
Lipstick)
Robert's hilarious views on the world are expressed through a
series of concrete poems in which words, ideas, type and art combine
to make pictures and patterns. (YA 811.6 Grantis)
Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
Just
Ella
Continuing the Cinderella story, 15-year-old Ella finds that accepting
Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle
of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots an escape. (YA
Fic Haddix, C-12572 Book on Tape YA)
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah and his
sister must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino
is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their
Florida Keys home. (YA Fic Hiaasen)
Howe, Norma. The
Adventures of Blue Avenger (Blue Avenger series, #1)
On his 16th birthday, David Schumacher changes his name to Blue
Avenger and things start to happen. Within 24 hours he becomes
a national hero, starts dating an extraordinary girl named Omaha
Nebraska Brown, and bakes an imperfect pie. And that's not all.
(YA Fic Howe)
Jaffe, Michele. Bad
Kitty
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, 17-year-old Jasmine
stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with
the help of her friends. (YA Fic M Jaffe)
Kindl, Patrice. Goose
Chase
Rather than marry a cruel king or a seemingly dim-witted prince,
an enchanted goose girl endures imprisonment, capture by several
ogresses, and other dangers, before learning exactly who she is.
(Juv Fic SF Kindl)
Korman, Gordon. A
Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag
Luckless Raymond Jardine becomes Sean Delancey's 11th-grade-English
project partner and talks him into a wacky scheme (involving a
long-deceased, obscure Canadian poet) that will help them pass
the course and win a vacation to a luxurious Greek island. (YA
Fic Korman)
LaRochelle, David. Absolutely,
Positively Not
Trying to convince himself that he's not gay, Steven attempts
to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving,
"Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual. (YA Fic LaRochelle)
Limb, Sue. Girl,
15, Charming But Insane
15-year-old Jess knows that her soul mate is Ben Jones, a divine
mixture of Leonardo diCaprio, Prince William, and Brad Pitt who
oozes mystery and charisma. But the campaign to get Ben to notice
her brings on a cavalcade of mortification and disaster, including,
but not limited to, a minestrone soup explosion that takes place
in her bra and a schoolwide viewing of a videotape that features
a topless Jess referring to her breasts as "Bonnie"
and "Clyde." (YA Fic Limb)
Lockhart, E. The
Boyfriend List: (15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs,
and Me, Ruby Oliver)
In the past 10 days, Ruby Oliver lost her boyfriend and her best
friend, did something suspicious with a boy, did something advanced
with a boy, drank her first beer and got caught by her mom, had
a panic attack, lost a lacrosse game, failed a math test, became
a social outcast and had graffiti written about her in the girls'
bathroom. (YA Fic Lockhart)
Lubar, David. Sleeping
Freshmen Never Lie
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the
birth of a baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some
unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer. (YA Fic
Lubar, D-10439 Book on Disc YA)
Lynch, Chris. Slot
Machine (Followed by Extreme Elvin.)
When Elvin Bishop is sent to camp for overweight kids at St. Paul's
Seminary Retreat Center, he and his two best friends are forced
to try out various sports in order to find out where they belong.
(YA Fic Lynch)
McCants, William D. Much
Ado About Prom Night
Advising her classmates on their daily problems, peer counselor
Becca Singleton struggles with her own difficulties: the gorgeous
editor of the school paper attacks the peer counseling program
as a waste of time. (YA Fic McCants)
Mackler, Carolyn. The
Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her
family (all thin, brilliant, and good-looking), 15-year-old Virginia
tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship,
and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
(YA Fic Mackler)
Madison, Bennett. Lulu
Dark Can See Through Walls
When someone steals her purse and her identity, high-school junior
and reluctant girl sleuth Lulu Dark investigates. (YA Fic M Madison)
Manes, Stephen. The
Obnoxious Jerks
High school sophomore Frank Wess tells his experiences as a member
of the Obnoxious Jerks, an elite body dedicated to exposing both
official and unofficial stupidity. (YA Fic Manes)
Maxwell, Katie. The
Year My Life Went Down the Loo (Emily series. #1)
16-year-old Emily's family moved from Seattle to England and she
has to adjust to a whole new lingo, new friends, and, worst of
all, no malls. (YA Fic Maxwell)
Nodelman, Perry. Behaving
Bradley
Recruited by his best friend to gather student input for the proposed
Code of Conduct at his high school, Brad encounters obstinate
faculty members, monstrous bullies, spineless student leaders,
and personal agendas. (YA Fic Nodelman)
O'Connell, Tyne. Pulling
Princes (The Calypso chronicles, #1)
Hoping to become more popular at her elegant English boarding
school, 15-year-old Californian Calypso Kelly invents a fake handsome
boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit and skill at fencing
may be enough to attract the attention of a real-life handsome
prince. (YA Fic O'Connell)
Pinkwater, Jill. Buffalo
Brenda
Determined to make their mark on their high school, ninth graders
India Ink and her zany best friend Brenda Tuna organize an underground
newspaper and then provide a live buffalo as a mascot for the
football team. (YA Fic Pinkwater)
Plummer, Louise. The
Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
Kate is disgusted by melodramatic romance novels, but she is inspired
to write her own--with the assistance of The Romance Writer's
Phrase Book--after her older brother's friend Richard comes
to stay at their house during Christmas vacation. (YA Fic Plummer)
Powell,
Randy. Three
Clams and an Oyster
A 4-man flag football team that calls itself Three Clams and an
Oyster is short one shellfish. The guys know they have to get
serious if they really want to go to Nationals and scramble to
find a replacement before the September deadline. (YA Fic Powell)
Pratchett, Terry. The
Wee Free Men (A Tiffany Aching adventure, #1.)
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men,
a clan of 6-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and
ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland. (Juv Fic SF Pratchett,
C-16208 Book on Tape Juv SF, D-9961 Book on Disc Juv SF)
Rees, Douglas. Vampire
High
When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Mass. 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 around campus on the first
day. (YA Fic M Rees)
Rennison, Louise. Angus,
Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
(Georgia Nicolson Diaries, #1)
Georgia has an insane cat who is prone to leg-shredding "Call
of the Wild" episodes and embarrassing parents who make her
want to escape to Stonehenge and dance with the Druids. (YA Fic
Rennison)
Riordan, Rick. The
Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
12-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a
mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him
to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set
out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. (Juv Fic SF
Riordan, D-9971 Book on Disc Juv SF)
Shulman, Polly. Enthusiasm
Julie and Ashleigh, high school sophomores and Jane Austen fans,
seem to fall for the same Mr. Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide
their true feelings from one another while rehearsing for a school
musical. (YA Fic Shulman)
Shusterman, Neil. The
Schwa Was Here
A Brooklyn 8th-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an
"invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his
surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone. (YA Fic Shusterman)
Spinelli, Jerry. Who
Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?
The sibling rivalry between 12-year-old Megin and her older brother
Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates
by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond. (YA Fic Spinelli)
Strasser, Todd. How
I Changed My Life (Time Zone High, #1.)
Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while
working on the school play with a former star football player
who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself. (YA
Fic Strasser)
Strong, Jeremy. Stuff:
The Life of a Cool Demented Dude
14-year-old Simon, known as Stuff, struggles with his new stepfamily,
tries to avoid a giant attack rabbit, hopes to break up with his
girlfriend and connect with a new one, and creates cartoons of
"Punykid's battle with drooling dorkoids." (YA Fic Strong)
Van Draanen, Wendelin.
Flipped
The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw
her, he ran. That was the 2nd grade, but not much has changed.
Now in 8th grade everything gets turned upside down. (YA Fic Van
Draanen)
Vande
Velde, Vivian. Never
Trust a Dead Man
Selwyn, wrongly accused of murder, teams up with Farold, the murder
victim currently resurrected as a bat, to find Farold's true killer.
Using a variety of "clever disguises," such as a young
woman and her songbird or a pilgrim and his bat, the two investigate
the increasingly lengthy list of potential murderers. (YA Fic
M Vande Velde)
Wilson, Jacqueline. Girls
in Love (Girls, #1)
Ellie is starting 9th grade and is dead set on finding a boyfriend.
Her two best friends seem to have all the luck in the love department,
but Ellie will stop at nothing to join the ranks. (YA Fic Wilson)
Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing
with Dragons (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be:
headstrong, tomboyish, smart. . . .and bored. So she runs away
to live with a dragon, and there she finds the family and adventure
she's been looking for. (Juv Fic SF Wrede)
YM the Best of (Say Anything)
YM magazine's readers sent in these hilarious, humiliating, mortifying,
and totally embarrassing moments. (YA 152.4 YM)
Young, Karen Romano. The
Beetle and Me: A Love Story
Daisy decides she wants to single-handedly restore the car of
her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her childhood.
(YA Fic Young)
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