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Think being a teen is easy? Think again.
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Asher, Jay Th1rteen R3asons Why When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death. 2008 Teen Fiction Book |
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Bates, Marni Awkward Child of divorce, high school junior, and tutor to football players Mackenzie is trying to stay invisible, but when she becomes a YouTube sensation performing CPR on a fellow student, it creates a media feeding frenzy which results in her becoming a celebrity. 2012 Teen Fiction Book |
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Blackstone, Matt A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie Rene, a high school freshman with obsessive-compulsive disorder, finds life to be like a scary movie, and even after he makes friends with the ultra-cool Giovanni he still feels responsible for saving his favorite teacher, dealing with his missing father, courting the beautiful Ariel, and trying to pretend to be normal for the school psychologist. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Bowsher, Melodie My Lost and Found Life When her mother is accused of embezzling a million dollars and vanishes, spoiled, selfish Ashley must fend for herself by finding a job and a place to live. 2006 Teen Fiction Book |
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Brande, Robin Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include Intelligent Design in lessons on evolution. 2007 Teen Fiction Book Other formats available |
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Chandler, Kristen Girls Don't Fly Myra, a high school senior, will do almost anything to win a contest and earn money for a study trip to the Galapagos Islands, which would mean getting away from her demanding family life in Utah and ex-boyfriend Erik, but Erik is set on winning the same contest. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Chow, Cara Bitter Melon With the encouragement of one of her teachers, a Chinese American high school senior asserts herself against her demanding, old-school mother and carves out an identity for herself in late 1980s San Francisco. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Cook, Trish Notes from the Blender Two teenagers--a heavy-metal-music-loving boy who is still mourning the death of his mother years earlier, and a beautiful, popular girl whose parents divorced because her father is gay--try to negotiate the complications of family and peer relationships as they get to know each other after learning that their father and mother are marrying each other. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Crabtree, Julie. The Crepe Makers' Bond Fourteen-year-old Ariel uses cooking to work through problems, but none of her recipes are likely to help when she and Nicki learn that M may be moving away from Alameda soon after they begin eighth grade. Includes recipes and cooking tips. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Curtis, Vanessa Zelah Green A story of a girl whose serious OCD starts to take over her life, how she conquers it with help and humor, and the friends with their own troubles whom she meets along the way. 2010 Teen Fiction Book |
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Demas, Corinne. Everything I Was Thirteen-year-old Irene helps in her grandfather's plant nursery, makes new friends, and begins to learn what she really wants and needs after her father, having lost his job as an investment banker, moves her and her mother to his father's farmhouse upstate. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Dutton, J. T. Stranded When fifteen-year-old Kelly Louise and her mother move to Heaven, Iowa, to live with her grandmother and cousin, she learns a terrible secret about a baby recently left to die in a corn field and must decide whether or not to tell the truth. 2010 Teen Fiction Book |
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Forman, Gayle. If I Stay While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death. 2010 Teen Fiction Book |
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Garci´a, Cristina Dreams of Significant Girls In the 1970s, a teenaged Iranian princess, a German-Canadian girl, and a Cuban-Jewish girl from New York City become friends when they spend three summers at a Swiss boarding school. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Hautman, Pete What Boys Really Want The crumbling friendship between writer Lita and entrepreneurial Adam is compromised by unexpected jealousies over each other's romantic entanglements, stolen blog posts and a premature offer to sell a new self-help book. 2012 Teen Fiction Book |
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King, A. S. (Amy Sarig) Everybody Sees the Ants Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective. 2011 Teen Fiction Book Other formats available |
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Lewis, Stewart You Have Seven Messages Teenaged Luna, who lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her movie director father, tries to piece together the death of her mother with the seven unheard messages left on her forgotten cell phone. 2011 Teen Fiction Book |
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Limb, Sue Girl, 15, Charming but Insane 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. 2004 Teen Fiction Book Other formats available |
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Lowry, Brigid Things You Either Hate or Love A cynical, self-conscious, and lonely Australian teenager spends her summer vacation making lists, eating comfort foods, and trying to earn enough money to attend a big rock concert. 2006 Teen Fiction Book |
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Perkins, Stephanie Lola and the Boy Next Door Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket. 2011 Teen Fiction Book Other formats available |
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