Tom tells about the
arrival of Jessica, a new student who was badly burned in a fire. Little
by little Tom begins to look beyond her exterior. Teen Reviewer:
"It shows that small daily gestures from others can lift someone's spirits
and also your own. People will remember this book long after it's over."
Stephen has a talent,
the gift of creation—and he knows that Davie has this talent, too. Davie
allows Stephen to convince him to help bring a life-size figure to
life—and Clay is born. Stephen has special plans for this innocent
creation. What has Davie helped to unleash on the world? Teen Reviewer: “A very compelling book with some of the same
ideas as ‘Frankenstein.’ It was mysterious and fun to read.”
Fourteen-year-old British half-gypsy Ruben
is frightened when he finds himself psychically witnessing the vicious
attack and murder of his sister. When the official investigation stalls,
Ruben and his brother attempt to put together the pieces of the crime
themselves. Teen Reviewer: “I think a lot of people can relate
to the characters because they are going through emotions that many people
experience.”
What if everyone in
America wanted to know what you were doing when you weren’t filming your
TV show? Kaitlin Burke, a 16-year old TV star, is exhausted from this
glamorous life. So much so she decides to go undercover as an ordinary
high school student. But could it be that high school is just as tough as
Hollywood? Teen Reviewer: “It grabs the reader's attention and
you want to find out more.”
Francine Green doesn’t
speak up much, and who can blame her? But when outspoken, passionate
Sophie Bowman transfers into Francine’s class, she finds herself thinking
about new things that never concerned her before. Eventually, Francine
discovers that she not only has something to say, she is absolutely
determined to say it. Teen Reviewer:
"A wonderful and sad book about friendship, speaking out, and our right
as American citizens to free speech."
Annabel is nice. Too
nice to say why she is unhappy with her life and what happened the night
her life changed. That doesn’t work in the world of her only remaining
friend, anger-management alum and alternative-music nut, Owen. Can she
learn to speak, argue, and finally to say the truth? Teen Reviewer:
"What Annabel
is going through—dealing with her family, not wanting to be a model
anymore, old friends, a sister with an eating disorder, and the secret—is
gripping.”
The last thing
16-year-old Amy wants to do for the summer is go to Israel with her
estranged Israeli father, who's dragging her to meet a family she's never
known. What could be worse than a summer in a place without friends,
shopping or a cell phone? Teen Reviewer: “This book was probably
on my top 10 most funny books list…a hilarious book about one teenage
girl’s adventure through a surprise vacation in Israel, friends, and the
meaning of Moshav. “
Erin waits as long as
she can, until she decides that running away from home is her only choice.
Then she goes on a mission: to find the reclusive author of To Kill a
Mockingbird. This takes Erin on a bus journey, knowing that if she can
find Harper Lee she will also be closer to her mother, who adored that
book more than all others. Teen Reviewer: “Gutsy. Says that any
kind of person can be your friend.”
When Cameryn asks to be
her father’s assistant at the county coroner’s office, she never expects
that her first case will be a friend in a serial killer case. Teen
Reviewer: “It’s a good, suspenseful book overall. You will REALLY
like it if you are into forensics and murder mysteries.”
After his younger
brother’s suicide, Kyle Kirby exacts revenge on the person he holds
responsible: He kidnaps 17-year-old Cass from her house and buries her
alive, chastising her with a walkie-talkie. Can Detective Ben Grey
discover Cass’s whereabouts before it’s too late? Teen Reviewer: “This
is an incredible book with a mind bogging plot.”
When Dylan agrees to
create a display for her high school library, she has no idea of the
trouble it's going to cause—for the school principal, her family, her
boyfriend Cam and his jock friends, her best friend Jocelyn, not to
mention Dylan herself. Dylan also has to face her deepest fear and the way
she was letting it run her life. Teen Reviewer: “This book is an
amazing read
about a girl going through struggles with her boyfriend, best
friend, censorship, and herself.
It really makes you think about the
things in your life and the way you view them.”
Razo is one of Bayern’s
weaker soldiers. He is sure he is only on an important mission out of
pity. But in the strange southern country of Tira, Razo befriends both the
high and low born, people who can perhaps provide him with vital
information. Razo is the one who must embrace his own talents in order to
get the Bayern soldiers home again, alive. Teen Reviewer: “This
book could be made into a movie. All of the book is really compelling!”
When fifteen-year-old
Cassie Streng discovers that her psychiatrist stepfather is giving a
dangerous experimental drug to his teenaged patients, she is determined to
expose him. Instead, he sends her to a boot camp for troubled teens in
order to keep her quiet. Cassie is in danger at this “school.” Can she
escape, expose her stepfather, and stop the school? Teen Reviewer: "The action and suspense escalated to an intense point. It captivated
me."
Jasmine had to give up
her police internship to go on her family vacation. But it doesn’t take
long before Jas stumbles upon a murder mystery while vacationing in Las
Vegas. Teen Reviewer: “It's a huge, hilarious page-turner that
keeps you reading: 36% great mystery, 49% unstoppable crush, and 15%
fashion emergency.”
After
ultra-straight-laced Leo Caraway discovers that his biological father is
none other than millionaire King Maggot, lead singer of the punk band
Purge, he accepts a roadie job on King's tour in hopes of securing badly
needed college tuition to Harvard. Teen Reviewer: "This book is
about finding one's roots and discovering rock music, while figuring out
your true self…the book has many surprising twists and turns, and it's a
great laugh-out-loud book"
Edward leaves Forks to
keep Bella safe, sending her into a deep depression that lasts until she
befriends Jacob, a sophomore with a penchant for motorcycles. Their fun,
wild adventures soon turn dangerous, especially after she finds out
Jacob’s real identity. Teen Reviewer: “I love the relationship
between Bella and Edward, not because it is perfect, but because of its
faults. Their relationship is so complicated and takes so many turns that
it is hard not to want to know what happens next.”
When Ananka Fishbein
ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment, she
finds things that change her life: a million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts,
and a secret city. Teen Reviewer: “This book is so
original and creative. It has so many twists and adventure. This book is
beyond amazing.”
Chloe Thomas is the
last person that anyone expects to see at the prom. She agrees to go when
her two oldest friends ask her to go. What will happen in the three weeks
leading up to the big night? Teen Reviewer: “It talks
about what goes on during prom night through couples, crushes, and high
school life.”
Max and her flock are
discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to "school." There is no such
thing as an ordinary day there, and Max faces her greatest enemy. Teen
Reviewer: “The plot is super believable, and it's a page-turner.”
When a meteor knocks
the moon closer to Earth, Miranda and her family need to prepare for
tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, extreme weather, food
shortages, and disease. Teen Reviewer: “Just the whole idea of
having a meteor crash into the moon and seeing how it affects a girl
around my age is fascinating.”
Left in the care of family with rigid views of proper behavior in the
late 1800s, Penny is determined not to give up her dreams of an acting
career. She starts by plotting to star in the school play. Teen
Reviewer: “It’s about an 11-year-old girl who wants to act.”
A spine-tingling
collection of scary stories. Take Halloween night and add a possessed car,
a crypt a psychic…and ten more! Teen Reviewer: "They are
twilight zone stories that make you think about life."
The one normal person
in Donnie’s family is his older sister, Karen. His family has to make huge
changes when they admit that Karen has an eating disorder, and suddenly
Donnie feels more on his own than ever. Will things be able to become
normal again? Teen Reviewer: "I was not expecting anything this
powerful. I felt what they felt. An amazing story of an anorexic girl told
through the eyes of her younger brother and the emotions of the whole
family."
The 1904 "General
Slocum" steamship disaster killed more than 1000 people from the part of
New York City known as Kleindeutschland. One victim was 15-year-old
Mallory Meer. Her boyfriend, Dustin Brauer, is accused of setting the fire
by a leader in the German neighborhood. Mallory, now insubstantial, sees
everything and helps the truth to emerge. Teen Reviewer: “Brilliant
story, beautifully written.”
Flora gets lost in her
own eleven thousand room house and stumbles upon the long-banished butler
of Crackpot Hall. Soon she finds herself in the middle of a mind-blowing
muddle of intrigue and betrayal that changes her world forever. Teen
Reviewer: “Flora discovers her family’s ancient butler; after
helping him, she almost disappears into the abyss.”