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Speak
by
Laurie
Anderson
A
traumatic
event
near
the
end
of
the
summer
has
a
devastating
effect
of
Melina’s
freshman
year
in
high
school.
The
Facts
Speak
for
Themselves
by
Brock
Cole
At
the
request
of
her
social
worker,
thirteen-year-old
Linda
gradually
reveals
how
her
life
with
her
unstable
mother
and
her
younger
brother
led
to
her
rape
and
the
murder
she
witnessed.
Out
of
Control
by
Norma
Mazer
After
joining
his
two
best
friends
in a
spontaneous
attack
on a
girl
at
their
school,
sixteen-year
–old
Rollo
finds
that
his
life
is
changed
forever.
Are
You
in
the
House
Alone?
by
Richard
Peck
A
sixteen-year-old
girl
with
steady
boyfriends
suddenly
begins
receiving
threatening
phone
calls
while
she
is
babysitting
and
anonymous
notes
in
her
high
school
locker.
The
Body
of
Christopher
Creed
by
Carol
Plum-Ucci
Torey
Adams,
a
high
school
junior
with
a
seemingly
perfect
life,
struggle
with
doubles
and
question
surrounding
the
mysterious
disappearance
of
the
class
outcast.
Alcohol/Drugs
Tears
of a
Tiger
by
Sharon
Draper
The
death
of
high
school
basketball
star
Rob
Washington
in
an
automobile
accident
affects
the
lives
of h
is
close
friends
Andy,
who
was
driven
the
car,
and
many
others
in
the
school.
Go
Ask
Alice
by
author
anonymous
Based
on
the
diary
of a
fifteen-year-old
drug
user
chronicling
her
struggle
to
escape
the
pull
of
the
drug
world.
Shadow
Man
by
Cynthia
Grant
Charming
but
reckless
eighteen-year-old
Gabe,
drunk
as
usual,
smashes
his
truck
into
a
tree
and
dies,
sending
waves
of
shock
and
grief
through
his
small
town.
Death
and
Dying
Two
Moons
in
August
by
Martha
Brooks
Kieran,
a
new
boy
visiting
her
small
town
for
the
summer,
helps
Sidonie
and
her
family
come
together
again
following
the
death
of
Sidonie’s
mother.
Many
Stones
by
Carolyn
Coman
After
her
sister
Laura
is
murdered
in
South
Africa,
Berry
and
her
estranged
father
travel
there
to
participate
in
the
dedication
of a
memorial
in
her
name.
Tell
Me
Everything
by
Carolyn
Coman
After
her
mother
dies
in a
rescue
mission
on a
snowy
mountain,
twelve-year-old
Roz
wonders
if
talking
to
God,
and
to
the
boy
for
whom
her
mother
died,
can
help
her
understand
why
happened.
Crazy
Lady
by
Jane
Leslie
Conly
As
he
tries
to
come
to
terms
with
his
mother’s
death,
Vernon
finds
solace
in
his
growing
relationship
with
the
neighborhood
outcasts,
an
alcoholic
and
her
retarded
son.
The
Terrorist
by
Caroline
Cooney
Sixteen-year-old
Laura,
an
American
living
in
London,
tries
to
finds
the
person
responsible
for
the
death
of
her
younger
brother
Billy,
who
had
been
killed
by a
terrorist
bomb.
Driver’s
Ed
by
Caroline
Cooney
Thee
teenager’s
lives
are
changed
forever
when
they
thoughtlessly
steal
a
stop
sign
from
a
dangerous
intersection
and
a
young
mother
is
killed
in
an
automobile
accident.
The
Bumblebee
Flies
Anyway
by
Robert
Comier
Sixteen-year-old
Barney
has
only
fleeting
memories
about
his
past
but,
as a
voluntary
patient
at
the
institute
for
experimental
medicine,
he
knows
he
is
different
from
the
terminally
ill
patients
surrounding
him.
His
involvement
with
the
bitter,
slowly
dying,
Mazzo
bring
Barney
hope,
pain,
and
a
moment
of
heroic
glory.
Say
Goodnight,
Gracie
by
Julie
Reece
When
a
car
accident
kills
her
best
friend
Jimmy,
with
whom
she
has
shared
everything
form
childhood
escapades
to
breaking
into
the
professional
theater
scene
in
Chicago,
seventeen-year-old
Morgan
must
find
her
own
way
of
coping
with
his
death.
Drive-By
by
Lynne
Ewing
Twelve-year-old
Tito,
while
helping
to
care
for
his
little
sister,
struggles
to
find
his
way
during
the
aftermath
of
his
brother’s
death
in a
gang-related
shooting.
Party
Girl
by
Lynne
Ewing
The
death
of
her
best
friends
Ana
in a
drive-by
shooting
causes
fifteen-ear-old
Kata
to
question
her
position
in
the
Los
Angeles
gang
life.
The
Cuckoo’s
Child
by
Suzanne
Freeman
Eleven-year-old
Mia
refuses
to
believe
that
her
parents
are
not
coming
back
after
they’re
reported
lost.
Shadow
Boxer
by
Chris
Lynch
After
their
father
dies
of
boxing
injuries,
George
is
determined
to
prevent
his
younger
brother,
who
sees
boxing
as
his
legacy,
from
pursuing
a
career
in
the
sport.
Shizuko’s
Daughter
by
Kyoko
Mori
After
her
mother’s
suicide
when
she
is
twelve
years
old,
Yuki
spend
years
living
with
her
distant
father
and
his
resentful
new
wife,
cut
off
from
her
mother’s
family,
and
relying
on
her
own
inner
strength
to
cope
with
the
tragedy.
Remembering
Mog
by
Colby
Rodowsky
After
graduating
from
a
private
high
school
in
Baltimore,
Annie
comes
to
terms
with
the
loss
of
her
sister
who
had
been
murdered
two
years
earlier.
Disabilities/Diseases/Mental
Health
Adam
Zigzag
by
Barbara
Barrie
Adam,
who
is
dyslexic
and
has
great
difficulty
with
his
homework,
struggles
to
find
the
right
school,
resist
the
lure
of
drugs,
and
endure
the
jealousy
of
his
older
sister
Caroline.
Tangerine
by
Edward
Bloor
Twelve-year-old
Paul,
who
lives
in
the
shadow
of
his
football
hero
brother
Erik,
fights
for
the
right
to
play
soccer
despite
his
near
blindness
and
slowly
begins
to
remember
the
incident
that
damage
his
eyesight.
Kissing
Doorknobs
by
Terry
Spencer
Hesser
Fourteen-year-old
Tara
describes
how
her
increasingly
strange
compulsion
begin
to
take
over
her
life
and
affect
her
relationships
with
her
family
and
friends.
A
Time
for
Dancing
by
Davida
Hurwin
Seventeen-year-old
best
friends
Samantha
and
Juliana
tell
their
stories
in
alternating
chapters
after
Juliana
is
diagnosed
with
cancer.
Cut
by
Patricia
McCormick
While
confined
to
mental
hospital,
thirteen-year-old
Callie
slowly
comes
to
understand
some
of
the
reasons
behind
her
self-mutilation,
and
gradually
starts
to
get
better.
Dancing
on
the
Edge
by
Han
Nolen
A
young
girl
from
a
dysfunctional
family
creates
for
herself
an
alternative
world
which
nearly
results
in
her
death
but
which
ultimately
lead
her
to
reality.
Peeling
the
Onion
by
Wendy
Orr
Following
an
automobile
accident
in
which
her
neck
is
broken,
a
teenage
karate
champion
begins
a
long
and
painful
recovery
with
the
help
of
her
family.
Both
Sides
Now
by
Ruth
Pennebaker
Fifteen-year-old
Lisa
tries
to
deal
with
the
normal
everyday
crises
of
life
in
an
Austin,
Texas,
high
school,
a
process
complicated
by
her
mother’s
fight
with
breast
cancer.
Stop
Pretending:
What
Happened
When
My
Big
Sister
Went
Crazy
by
Sonya
Sones
A
younger
sister
has
a
difficult
time
adjusting
to
life
after
her
older
sister
has
a
mental
breakdown.
It
Happened
to
Nancy
by
Beatrice
Sparks
Teenage
Nancy’s
worst
nightmares
come
true
when
she
contracts
the
AIDS
virus.
Crosses
by
Shelley
Stoehr
Unhappy
at
home,
Nancy
and
her
friend
Katie
adopt
punk
lifestyles
and
find
relief
in
cutting
themselves,
until
Nancy
is
force
to
confront
her
problems.
Stuck
in
Neutral
by
Terry
Trueman
Fourteen-year-old
Shawn
McDaniel,
who
suffers
from
severe
cerebral
palsy
and
cannot
function,
relates
his
perceptions
of
his
life,
his
family,
and
his
condition,
especially
as
he
believes
his
father
is
planning
to
kill
him.
Flour
Babies
by
Anne
Fine
When
his
class
of
underachievers
is
assigned
to
spend
three
torturous
weeks
taking
care
of
their
own
“babies”
in
the
form
of
bags
of
flour,
Simon
makes
amazing
discoveries
about
himself
while
coming
to
terms
with
his
long
absent
father.
O
Joy!
by
Lucy
Frank
Although
her
ailing
uncle
creates
problems
for
her
whole
family
when
he
moves
in
with
them,
Joy
survives
his
bungling
attempts
at
matchmaking
even
as
she
plays
the
game
herself.
Born
Blue
by
Han
Nolan
Janie
was
four
years
old
when
she
nearly
drowned
due
to
her
mothers
neglect.
Through
an
unhappy
foster
home
experience,
and
years
of
feeling
that
she
is
unwanted,
she
keeps
alive
her
dream
of
someday
being
a
famous
singer.
Hard
Love
by
Ellen
Wittlinger
After
starting
to
publish
a
magazine
in
which
he
writes
his
secret
feelings
about
his
lonely
life
and
his
parents’
divorce,
sixteen-year-old
John
meets
an
unusual
gill
and
begins
to
develop
a
healthier
personality.
Fitting
In
The
Chocolate
War
by
Robert
Cormier
A
high
school
freshman
discovers
the
devastating
consequences
of
refusing
to
join
in
the
school’s
annual
fund
raising
drive
and
arousing
the
wrath
of
the
school
bullies.
Amandine
by
Adele
Griffin
Her
first
week
at a
new
school,
shy
plain
Delia
befriends
Amandine,
not
anticipating
the
dangerous
turns
their
friendship
would
take.
The
Girls
by
Amy
Koss
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.
The
Body
of
Christopher
Creed
by
Carol
Lum-Ucci
Torey
Adams,
a
high
school
junior
with
a
seemingly
perfect
life,
struggles
with
doubts
and
questions
surrounding
the
mysterious
disappearance
of
the
class
outcast.
Angus,
Thongs,
and
Full-Frontal
Snogging:
Confessions
of
Georgia
Nicolson
by
Louise
Rennison.
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
wind
the
love
of
handsome
hunk
Robbie.
Confessions
of a
Teenage
Drama
Queen
by
Dyan
Sheldon
In
her
first
year
at a
suburban
New
Jersey
high
school,
Mary
Elizabeth
Cep,
who
now
calls
herself,
“Lola”,
sets
her
sight
on
the
lead
in
the
annual
drama
production,
and
finds
herself
in
conflict
with
the
most
popular
girl
in
school.
Stargirl
by
Jerry
Spinelli
In
this
story
about
the
perils
of
popularity,
the
courage
of
nonconformity,
and
the
thrill
of
first
love,
an
eccentric
student
named
Stargirl
changes
Mica
High
School
forever.
Food
Issues/Weight
Concerns
Squashed
by
Joan
Bauer
As
sixteen-year-old
pursues
her
two
goals—growing
he
biggest
pumpkin
in
Iowa
and
losing
twenty
pounds
herself—she
strengthens
her
relationship
with
her
father
and
meets
a
young
man
with
interests
similar
to
her
own.
Life
in
the
Fat
Lane
by
Cherie
Bennett
Sixteen-year-old
Lara,
winner
of
beauty
pageants
and
Homecoming
Queen,
is
distressed
and
bewildered
when
she
starts
gaining
weight
and
becoming
a
fat
girl.
The
Hanged
Man
by
Francesca
Lia
Block
Having
stopped
eating
after
the
death
of
her
father,
seventeen-year-old
Laurel
feels
herself
losing
control
of
her
life
in
the
hot,
magical
world
of
Los
Angeles.
Vanishing
by
Bruce
Brooks
Eleven-year-old
Alice
is
unwilling
to
return
to
live
with
her
alcoholic
mother
and
her
stern
stepfather,
so
she
refuse
to
eat
to
the
point
of
slowly
starving
herself,
in
order
to
remain
in
the
hospital.
Bloomability
by
Sharon
Creech
When
her
aunt
and
uncle
take
her
from
New
Mexico
to
Lugano,
Switzerland,
to
attend
an
international
school,
thirteen-year-old
Dinnie
discovers
and
expanding
world
and
her
place
within
it.
Staying
Fat
for
Sarah
Byrnes
by
Chris
Crutcher
The
daily
class
discussions
about
he
nature
of a
man,
the
existence
of
God,
abortion,
organized
religion,
suicide
and
other
contemporary
issue
serve
as a
backdrop
for
a
high-school
senior’s
attempt
to
answer
a
friends’
dramatic
cry
for
help.
Keeping
the
Moon
by
Sarah
Dessen
Fifteen-ear-old
Colie,
a
former
fat
girl,
spends
the
summer
work
doing
as a
waitress
in a
beachside
restaurant,
staying
with
her
overweight
and
eccentric
Aunt
Mira,
and
trying
to
explore
her
sense
of
self.
One
Fat
Summer
by
Robert
Lipsyte
An
overweight
fourteen-year-old
boy
experiences
a
turning
point
summer
in
which
he
learns
to
stand
up
for
himself.
The
Fat
Girl
by
Marilyn
Sachs
Jeff,
a
high
school
senior,
becomes
obsessed
with
creating
a
new,
beautiful
persons
out
of
an
unhappy
fat
girl,
but
when
she
begins
to
think
independently,
he
loses
control
of
the
situation.
How
I
Changed
My
Life
by
Todd
Strasser
Overweight
high
school
senior
Bo
decided
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
himself.
Violence
After
the
First
Death
by
Robert
Cormier
Events
of
the
hijacking
of a
bus
of
children
by
terrorists
seeking
the
return
of
their
homeland
are
described
from
the
perspectives
of a
hostage,
a
terrorist,
and
Army
general
involved
in
the
rescue
operation,
and
his
son,
chosen
as
the
go-between.
Drive-By
by
Lynne
Ewing
Twelve-year-old
Tito,
while
helping
to
care
for
his
little
sister,
struggles
to
find
his
way
during
the
aftermath
of
his
brother’s
death
in a
gang-related
shooting.
Party
Girl
by
Lynne
Ewing
The
death
of
her
best
friend
Ana
in a
drive-by
shooting
causes
fifteen-year-old
Kata
to
question
her
position
in
the
Los
Angeles
gang
life.
Who
Killed
Mr.
Chippendale?
A
Mystery
in
Poems
by
Mel
Glenn
Free
verse
poems
describe
the
reactions
of
students,
colleagues,
and
others
when
a
high
school
teacher
is
shot
to
death
as
the
school
day
begins.
Swallowing
Stones
by
Joyce
McDonald
Dual
perspectives
reveal
the
aftermath
of
seventeen-year-old
Michael
MacKenzie’s
birthday
celebration
during
which
he
discharges
an
antique
Winchester
riffle
and
unknowingly
kills
the
father
of
high
school
classmate
Jenna
Ward.
Scorpions
by
Walter
Dean
Myers
After
reluctantly
taking
on
the
leadership
of
the
Harlem
gang,
the
scorpions,
Jamal
fins
that
his
enemies
treat
him
with
respect
when
he
acquires
a
gun
until
a
tragedy
occurs.
Monster
by
Walter
Dean
Myers
While
on
trial
as
an
accomplice
to a
murder,
sixteen-year-old
Steve
Harmon
records
his
experiences
in
prison
and
in
the
courtroom
in
the
form
of a
film
script
as
he
tries
to
come
to
terms
with
the
course
his
life
has
taken.
The
Body
of
Christopher
Creed
by
Carol
Plum-Ucci
Torey
Adams,
a
high
school
junior
with
a
seemingly
perfect
life,
struggle
with
doubles
and
question
surrounding
the
mysterious
disappearance
of
the
class
outcast.
Crash
by
Jerry
Spinelli
Seventh
grader
John
“Crash”
Coogan
has
always
been
comfortable
with
his
tough,
aggressive
behavior,
until
his
relationship
with
an
unusual
Quaker
boy
and
his
grandfather’s
stroke
make
him
consider
the
meaning
of
friendship
and
the
importance
of
family.
Give
a
Boy
a
Gun
by
Todd
Strasser
A
series
of
interviews
reveals
the
story
o f
two
high-school
student
who
go
on a
shooting
rampage
at
school.
Fair
Game
by
Erika
Tamar
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.
Working
&
Living
Together
Go
and
Come
Back
by
Joan
Abelove
Alicia,
a
young
tribeswoman
living
in
an
Amazonian
village
in
the
Andes,
tells
about
the
two
American
women
anthropologist
who
arrives
to
study
the
way
of
life
of
her
people.
Tenderness
by
Robert
Cormier
A
psychological
thriller
told
from
the
points
of
view
of a
teenage
serial
killer
and
the
runaway
girl
who
falls
in
love
with
him.
The
Watsons
Go
to
Birmingham—1963
by
Christopher
Paul
Curtis
The
ordinary
interactions
and
everyday
routines
of
the
Watson,
an
African
American
family
living
in
Flint,
Michigan,
are
drastically
changed
after
they
go
to
visit
grandma
in
Alabama
in
the
summer
of
1963.
A
Girl
Named
Disaster
by
Nancy
Farmer
While
fleeing
from
Mozambique
to
Zimbabwe
to
escape
an
unwanted
marriage,
Nhamo,
an
eleven-year-old
Shona
girl,
struggles
to
escape
drowning
and
starvation
and
in
so
doing
comes
close
to
the
luminous
world
of
the
African
spirits.
Life
if
Funny
by
E.R.
Frank
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.
Dream
Freedom
by
Sonia
Levitin
Marcus
and
his
classmates
learn
about
the
terrible
problem
of
slavery
in
present-day
Sudan
and
raise
money
to
help
buy
the
freedom
of
some
of
the
slaves.
Alternate
chapters
tell
the
stories
of
the
slaves.
Crash
by
Jerry
Spinelli
Seventh
grader
John
“Crash”
Coogan
has
always
been
comfortable
with
his
tough,
aggressive
behavior,
until
his
relationship
with
an
unusual
Quaker
boy
and
his
grandfather’s
stroke
make
him
consider
the
meaning
of
friendship
and
the
importance
of
family.
List
annotated
by
Eva
Davis,
Plymouth
District
Library,
Plymouth,
MI |
