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COMING OF AGE/PEER PRESSURE/RELATIONSHIPS
1. The Bluford series, Paul Langan. Life in an inner city school.
2. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Death narrates this story of a young girl who
finds solace in books during the Holocaust.
3. Cut, Patricia
McCormick. Callie, a fifteen-year old,
is a “cutter” who seeks help for her self-destruction.
4. Dark Angel, David Klass. A family has a dark secret that is about to
reemerge.
5. Dreamland, Sarah Dessen. This book explores the consequences of
having an abusive boyfriend.
6. Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature,
Robin Brande. Mena knew her first day of
high school would be bad, but this bad? Examines the evolution of debate in
high school.
7. The First Part Last, Angela Johnson. A
sixteen year-old father struggles to care for his baby.
8. Gossip Girl series, Cecily Von
Ziegesar. Life in side a New York City jet set
private school.
9. I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak. A botched bank robbery changes a
nineteen-year-old’s life.
10. I Love You, Beth Cooper, Larry
Doyle. Denis’s life changes when he
blurts out at his graduation speech that he loves Beth Cooper.
11. Invisible, Pete Hautman. Doug, 17, has come to terms with a tragic
past.
12. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Ned
Vizzini. A teen seeks counseling in a
psychiatric hospital.
13. Just Listen, Sarah Dessen. An incident at a high school party has
far-reaching consequences.
14. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini. Two young boys in 1970s Afghanistan
take very different paths.
15. Lemonade Mouth, Mark Peter Hughes.
Five outcasts in detention form a bond.
16. Looking for Alaska , John Green. Miles, 16, is an
outcast sent to a boarding school.
17. Madapple, Christina Meldrum. A girl
raised in isolation must learn to cope with the world after her mother dies.
18. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Gabielle
Zevin. A teenager loses her memory after
a bad fall.
19. My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult. Examines the difficult choices a family must
make when one of the children is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
20. Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult. Another delicate topic: the consequences of a
high school shooting.
21. The Pact, Jodie Picoult. A teenage suicide has devastating
consequences for two families.
22. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen
Chbosky. Charlie, a freshman, tries to
find his way in a high school.
23. Rooftop, Paul Volponi. A shooting becomes a focal point for social
justice.
24. The Rules of Survival, Nancy
Werlin. The story of three siblings
struggling to overcome child abuse.
25. Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson
Haddix. Jessica, who thinks it is 1840,
is more than surprised to find out it is really 2006.
26. The Skin I’m In, Sharon Flake. An adolescent navigates an inner-city school.
27. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, Davis Lubar. Scott Hudson hopes to survive his freshman
year.
28. Snitch, Allison van Diepen. A teen tries to navigate between rival gangs.
29. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You,
Peter Cameron. James, 18, is trying to
find his way in the world after high school graduation. For mature readers.
30. Someone Like You, Sarah Dessen. Two best friends lean on each other when a
calamity occurs.
31. A Step from Heaven, An Na. The trials and tribulations of a Korean
family’s journey to America .
32. Strays, Ron Koerge. Ted’s parents are killed in a car crash, and
his troubles are just beginning.
33. Street Pharm, Allison van Diepen. A teenager takes over his father’s drug
dealing business but must decide if it’s worth it.
34. That Summer, Sarah Dessen. A teenage
girl deals with her parents’ divorce.
35. Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher. A teenager receives haunting audiotapes after
a suicide.
36. This Lullaby, Sarah Dessen. A modern-day teen romance.
37. The Truth about Forever, Sarah
Dessen. A teen has to cope with her
father’s death.
38. Twisted, Laureie Halse Anderson. Tyler ,
busted for tagging, tries to find his way through his senior year.
39. Tyrell,
Coe Booth. Tyrell is determined
to stay clean despite a father in jail and a mother who is involved in welfare
fraud.
40. Upstate, Kalisha Buckhanon. Two lovers are separated by a horrendous
crime.
FANTASY/ SCIENCE FICTION/ VAMPIRE
41. The Alfred Kropp
Series, Rick Yancey. Fifteen-year-old
Alfred has a series of adventures after finding a magic sword.
42. A Certain Slant of Light, Laura
Whitcomb. Helen died 130 years ago, but
she’s still around.
43. Cirque du Freak
series, Darren Shan. There is more to a
traveling freak show than meets the eye.
44. The Demonata
series, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. The
adventures of a 300-year old night stalker.
46. Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zebin. Liz is getting younger, not older, every day.
47. The Gemma Doyle
trilogy, Libba Bray. Gemma, who has
visions, travels to other worlds.
48. A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba
Bray. The School Library journal calls
this novel “an interesting combination of fantasy, light horror, and historical fiction, with a dash of romance
thrown in for good measure.”
49. The Host,
Stephanie Meyer. N The human race is infiltrated by a species of parasites.
50. House of the Scorpion, Nancy
Farmer. In the future, a scientist
brings a number of clones to life.
51. How I Live Now,
Meg Rosoff. A world war breaks out in
the twenty-first century.2. 52. Life as
We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfefs, A meteor collides with the moon, with
disastrous results for Earthlings.
53. Mother’s Helper, A. Bates. A most unusual babysitting experience.
54. Rash, Pete Hautman. Life in 2076 is not easy.
55. Rebel Angels, Libba Bray. A sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty.
56. Remember Me, Christopher Pike. Shari is dead, and she is determined to find out who
killed her.
57. The Twilight Saga
series. Stephen Meyer. A teenage romance with a vampire twist.
58. The Uglies
series, Scott Westerfeld. Life in a
futuristic society where everyone is “ugly.
59. Walk of the Spirits, Richie Tankersley Cusick. Seventeen-year-old Miranda hears voices at night.
59. Walk of the Spirits, Richie Tankersley Cusick. Seventeen-year-old Miranda hears voices at night.
60. Wheel of time
series, Robert Jordan. The world has been broken by a phenomenal power in this
series that is reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien.
61. World War Z: An
Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks. The world is threatened by a
zombie invasion.
MEMOIR AND NONFICTION
62. Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. , Luis Rodriguez.
Memoirs of an East L.A. gang member.
63. Come Back: A Mother and Daughter Journey to
Hell and Back, Claire and Mia Fontaine. A riveting account of a mother’s fight
to rescue her daughter from drugs.
64. Getting Away with
Murder, Chris Crowe. The story of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African
American boy murdered for “inappropriately” talking to a white woman.
65. Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen. A
sixteen-year old is hospitalized in a
psychiatric hospital.
66. The Glass Castle ,
Jeanette Walls. Another account of
growing up in an eccentric, dysfunctional family.
67. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence, Paul
Feig. A series of stories about the
rigors of high school survival.
68. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,
Ishmael Beah. A twelve-year-old’s account of surviving civil war in Sierra Leone .
69. Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member,
Sanyika Shakur. The personal account of an L.A. gangbanger.
70. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science, John
Fleischman. The incredible story of a recovery from severe trauma, and what it
taught the scientific community.
71. Running with Scissors, Augusten
Burroughs. An account of growing up in
an eccentric, dysfunctional family.
72. True Notebooks, Mark Salzman. The author
tries to reach convicts through the formation of a writing group.
73. Undaunted Courage, Stephen Ambrose. Meriwether Lewis overcomes disease,
starvation, hostile Native Americans, and an unforgiving environment as he
explores the American West.
74. U.S. Army Survival Handbook, Department of
the Army. How to survive under the most
adverse conditions.
75. Young Men and fire, Norman Maclean. The courageous story of Forest Service smoke
jumpers.
POETRY
76. Burned, Ellen Hopkins. Growing up in an abusive household, told in verse.
77. Crank, Ellen Hopkins. A teenager's struggle with crystal meth, told in poetic form.
78. Glass, Ellen Hopkins. This picks up Crank a year later.
79. Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from Writerscorps, Bill Aquado. Poems written by disadvantaged youth.
80. A Rose That Grew from Concrete, Tupac Shakur. The poetry of the late rapper.
81. Tears for Water, Alicia Keys. Poems that recall the singer's childhood.
82. Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls, Betsy Franco Yas. Teens from around the country submit poems about growing up.
83. You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys, Betsy Franco Yas. Real world topics addressed through poems and notes.
SPORTS
84. Ball Don’t Lie, Matt De La Pena. Stick, 17, is determined to make it out of the neighborhood through basketball.
84. Ball Don’t Lie, Matt De La Pena. Stick, 17, is determined to make it out of the neighborhood through basketball.
85. Black and White, Paul Volponi. Two boys, “Black” and “White” try to make it
to big-time basketball.
86. Crackback, John Coy. The trials and tribulations of teenage life,
woven through the lens of a high school football team.
87. Gym Candy, Carl Deuker. Mick Johnson, high school football star,
considers using steroids.
88. Knights of the Hill Country, Tim
Tharp. Readers who liked Friday Night
Lights will like this football drama.
89. Three days in August, Buzz
Bissinger. An in-depth, behind the
scenes look at three-game series between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis
Cardinals.
MYSTERY
90. Crazy Little Things, Adam P. Knave. Twelve very strange tales.
90. Crazy Little Things, Adam P. Knave. Twelve very strange tales.
91. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time, Mark Haddon. A poodle, Wellington, has been murdered. Christopher, who is autistic, is on the case.
92. Fake IE,, Walter Sorrells. Chase, 16, only has six days to figure out
why his mother disappeared.
93. Falling, Christopher Pike. FBI agent Kelly Feinman is on the trail of
the “Acid killer.
94. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold. Susie Salmon recalls her murder from heaven (10th grade curriculum)
94. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold. Susie Salmon recalls her murder from heaven (10th grade curriculum)
95. The Perfect Shot, Elaine Marie
Alphin. A triple homicide is not what it
seems.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
96. 300, Frank Miller. Only a few hundred
warriors stand against a huge army.
97. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank
Miller. Gotham is falling apart, and
Batman has not been seen for ten years.
98. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
Alan Moore. A group of adventurers are
pulled together ot protect the Empire.
99. Sin city: The Hard Goodbye, Frank
Miller. Tough guy Marv hunts the back
streets to find the murderer of his girlfriend.
100. V Is for Vendetta,
Alan Moore. Rebellion under
authoritarian British government.
101. Watchmen, Alan Moore. Time calls this
story of Crimebusters a “masterpiece.”
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