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Fiction 

 

Discworld Series

Pratchett, Terry

 

Feed

Anderson, M.T.

Fiction An2375f2004

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

 

 

 

Thirsty

Anderson, M.T.

Fiction An2375t1998

From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.

 

 

Rules of the Road

Bauer, Joan

Fiction B326r1998

Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.

 

 

Thwonk

Bauer, Joan

Fiction B344th1995

A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.

 

 

 

 

Weetzie Bat

Block, Francesca Lia

Fiction B622w1999

Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles punk friends, Dirk, Duck-Man, and Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.

 

 

 

Lady: My Life as a Bitch

Burgess, Melvin

Fiction B913L

In Manchester, England, when a seventeen-year-old girl who hasn't been acting like herself lately is turned into the very creature she has personified, she isn't sure that the change is all bad.

 

 

All-American Girl

Cabot, Meg

Fiction C112a

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.

 

 

 

The Princess Diaries

Cabot, Meg

Fiction C1121p

Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.

 

 

 

Celine

Cole, Brock

Fiction C6744c 1991

Sixteen-year-old Celine has been told to "show a little maturity" while living with her twenty-two-year-old stepmother.

 

 

 

 

Artemis Fowl

Colfer, Eoin

Fiction C68a

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

 

 

 

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

Crutcher, Chris

Fiction C889st 1995

The daily class discussions about the nature of human-kind, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.

 

 

 

Catherine, Called Birdy

Cushman, Karen

Fiction C959c 1995

The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

 

 

Eva

Dickinson, Peter

Fiction D557e1990

After a terrible accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee.

 

 

 

 

 

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Farmer, Nancy

Fiction F229e1995

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

 

 

 

Fat Kid Rules the World

Going, K.L.

Fiction G5612f

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.

 

 

Geography Club

Hartinger, Brent

Fiction H254ge2002

A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.

 

 

 

 

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl

Fiction H52h

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

 

 

Adventures of Blue Avenger

Howe, Norma

Fiction H838ad2000

On his sixteenth birthday, still trying to cope with the unexpected death of his father, David Schumacher decides--or does he--to change his name to Blue Avenger, hoping to find a way to make a difference in his Oakland neighborhood and in the world.

 

Confess-O-Rama

Koertge, Ron

Fiction K8192c1996

A lonely teenage boy confesses his secrets to a self-help hotline. But there's more to Confess-o-rama than meets the eye. And the boy's kooky feminist girlfriend seems to know its secret.

 

 

Where the Kissing Never Stops

Koertge, Ron

813 K8193W

A seventeen-year-old high school junior who is having trouble dealing with his father's death, his mother's new job as a stripper, and his own libido meets a new girl who, despite their ups and downs, makes life seem pretty wonderful after all.

 

 

Absolutely, Positively Not

LaRochelle, David

Fiction L327a

Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.

 

 

Ella Enchanted

Levine, Gail Carson

Fiction L665eL1998

In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

 

 

 

Boy Meets Boy

Levithan, David

Fiction L57922b

When Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more.

 

 

Hidden Talents

Lubar, David

Fiction L9609hi2000

A 13-year-old boy who has been sent to an alternative school for mouthing off, discovers that he and his classmates have psychic powers.

 

 

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

Mackler, Carolyn

Fiction M2183e

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-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.

 

 

Gil’s All Fright Diner

Martinez, A. Lee

Fiction M36622g

Hired by the owner of an all-night diner to eliminate the zombie problem that is costing her customers, werewolf Duke and vampire Earl tackle an even stickier adversary who is out to take over the diner.

 

 

A Year Down Yonder

Peck, Richard

Fiction P3363y

During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.

 

 

A Hat Full of Sky

Pratchett, Terry

Fiction P887h2004

Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

 

 

Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Rennison, Louise

Fiction R295an2001

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

 

 

The Gospel According to Larry

Tashjian, Janet

Fiction T181g2003

Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.

 

 

The Tuesday Café

Trembath, Don

Fiction T721tu1996

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.

 

 

 

Hard Love

Wittlinger, Ellen

Fiction W786ha1999

After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.

 

 

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Graphic Novels

 

 

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Poetry & Short Stories

 

 

A Wolf at the Door and other Retold Fairy Tales

Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling (eds.)

398.2 W831

Thirteen prominent authors unite to create this inventive book of modern fairy tales. These classic short stories are given a breath of fresh air and some surprising twists.

 

 

 

Who Do You Think You Are?: Stories of Friends and Enemies

Rochman, Hazel and Darlene C. McCampbell (eds.)

813.08 W62

Includes selections by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Toni Cade Bambara, John Updike, Richard Peck, Louise Erdrich, Tim O'Brien, and Maya Angelou.

 

 

 

 

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