Call #
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Author
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Title
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Annotation
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YF
Avi |
Avi |
Wolf Rider |
The phone caller said he had just killed Nina Klemmer, now Andy has to get
someone to believe it wasn't a crank call before the killer finds him. |
YF
Bauer |
Joan Bauer |
Squashed |
As a sixteen-year-old pursues her two goals--growing the 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. |
YF
Bennett |
Jay Bennett |
The Executioner |
Three survivors of an automobile crash in which the driver was killed are
threatened by a self-appointed executioner who believes they should die. |
YF
Bennett |
James Bennett |
The Squared Circle |
Sonny, a university freshman and star basketball player, finds that the
pressure of college life, NCAA competition, and an unsettling relationship with
his feminist cousin bring up painful memories that he must deal with before he
decides what is important in his life. |
YF
Block |
Francesca Lia Block |
Weetzie Bat |
Punk teens Weetzie and Dirk search for love in a modern fairy tale that is
funny, moving, and unlike any book you've read before. |
YF
Bridgers |
Sue Ellen Bridgers |
Permanent Connections |
17-year-old Rob's forced exile to the mountain country of North Carolina is
brightened by his growing romance with Ellery. |
YF
Brooks |
Bruce Brooks |
The Moves Make the Man |
As Jerome, a black athlete, shares his skills and interest in basketball
with Bix, a white baseball player, their friendship grows and the game becomes
a reflection of both their lives. |
YF
Cannon |
A.E. Cannon |
Amazing Gracie |
When her mother remarries, Gracie's life changes; she moves away from her
best friend, gets a weird six-year-old stepbrother, and watches her mother sink
into total depression. |
YF
Carter |
Alden Carter |
Up Country |
Sent to live with relatives in the country while his alcoholic mother
receives treatment, city kid Carl faces a serious problem from the past. |
YF
Cooney |
Caroline B. Cooney |
Face on the Milk Carton |
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for
her real identity. The story continues in its sequel, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
JANIE? |
YF
Coles |
Brock Coles |
The Goats |
Stripped naked by fellow campers and left on a deserted island, social
misfits Laura and Howie survive humiliation, natural dangers, and each
other. |
YF
Cooper |
Susan Cooper |
The Boggart |
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and
returning home to Canada, Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back
with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for
practical jokes. |
YF
Cormier |
Robert Cormier |
All Fall Down |
All is not peaceful in small-town Burnside -- drunk teenagers trash a
house, a young girl is flung down the stairs, a murderer is quietly planning
revenge, and Jane Jerome falls in love with a lost soul. |
YF
Covington |
Dennis Covington |
Lizard |
Sent by his guardian to live at a Louisiana school for retarded boys,
Lizard, a bright, deformed boy, escapes with the help of a visiting actor who
gives him a role in his repertory company's production of "The
Tempest." |
YF
Crutcher |
Chris Crutcher |
Stotan! |
A high-school coach invites four members of his swimming team to a week of
rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical
stamina. |
YF
Cushman |
Karen Cushman |
Catherine Called Birdy |
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
adventure beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married
off. |
YF
Danziger |
Paula Danziger |
The Pistachio Prescription |
A high school "freshperson" humorously attempts to rise above
such inconveniences of life as her older sister, parents, and school. |
YF
Davis |
Jenny Davis |
Sex Education |
Don't let the title scare you! The semester project for freshman biology
appears to be a snap: find someone you never thought much about and care about
them; yet good intentions are sabotaged with fatal consequences, when David and
Livvie adopt a reclusive neighbor. |
YF
Davis |
Terry Davis |
Vision Quest |
As he prepares himself for adulthood, 18-year-old Louden finds a special
joy in competitive wrestling, in the uniqueness of the Columbia River, and in
his live-in girlfriend, Carla. |
YF
DeClements |
Barthe DeClements |
How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? |
Elsie is no longer fat but she still cannot believe that anyone could
really love her and that fear threatens her relationship with her
boyfriend. |
YF
Deuker |
Carl Deuker |
On the Devil's Court |
Seventeen-year-old Joe Faust must decide whether it's worth selling his
soul to the devil for one perfect season of basketball.
|
YF
Duncan |
Lois Duncan |
Killing Mr. Griffin |
A group of high school students kidnap their strict English teacher to get
even with him -- and what starts as a prank turns out to be a horror. |
YF
Fox |
Paula Fox |
One-Eyed Cat |
Sneaking out one night, young Ned Wallace shoots the air rifle his father
has forbidden him to use and shortly thereafter becomes guilt ridden by the
appearance of a one-eyed cat. |
YF
Garden |
Nancy Garden |
Annie on My Mind |
Liza and Annie meet at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, fall
madly in love, and then find that a public declaration is too threatening to
their friends and relatives. |
YF
Grant |
Cynthia Grant |
Phoenix Rising, or How to Survive Your Life |
Reading her sister Helen's diary of her year-long bout with cancer helps
Jenny cope with her feelings of pain and anger regarding Helen's death. |
YF
Greene |
Bette Greens |
Summer of My German Soldier |
Sheltering an escaped German prisoner of war is the beginning of some
shattering experiences for a young Jewish girl in Arkansas. Story continues in
Morning is a Long Time Coming. |
YF
George |
Jean Craighead George |
Julie |
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a
way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love
with a young Siberian man. Sequel to Newbery winner Julie of the Wolves |
YF
Hahn |
Mary Downing Hahn |
The Wind Blows Backward |
Although they share a love of poetry and problems with their parents, a shy
high school senior's attraction to a popular classmate is tempered by her fear
of his moody, self-destructive side. |
YF
Hinton |
S.E. Hinton |
The Outsiders |
Ponyboy and Johnny, both members of the Greasers, hide form the police
after a Soc from the opposing, richer gang is killed. |
YF
Hobbs |
Will Hobbs |
Downriver |
Fifteen-year-old Jesse and other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness
survival team abandon their adult leader, steal his van and rafts, and run the
dangerous white waters of the Grand Canyon. |
YF
Holman |
Felice Holman |
Slake's Limbo |
A loser and loner picked on by everyone, Slake finds refuge in a subway,
which becomes his home for 121 days. |
YF
Irwin |
Irwin Hadley |
Kim/Kimi |
Kim of Irish American and Japanese American descent, secretly leaves home
to search for her "real" ancestors who have disappeared after their
internment during WW II. |
YF
Jacques |
Brian Jacques |
Redwall |
Redwall Abbey is known in the forest as a refuge, and the animals who live
there are protectors of the ill and impoverished. Then word comes that the
one-eyed rat, Cluny the Scourge, has decided to take over the abbey. The series
continues through several novels. |
YF
Jones |
Diana Wynne Jones |
Howl's Moving Castle |
A talking fire with a mysterious link to a feared wizard, a walking
scarecrow in pursuit of a magically aged woman and a wicked witch create an
adventure in a land where magic is an everyday event. |
YF
Kerr |
M.E. Kerr |
Gentlehands |
Buddy's world is turned upside down when he falls in love and then,
catastrophically, discovers that his refined and cultured grandfather is a
notorious Nazi war criminal. |
YF
Klass |
David Klass |
Wrestling with Honor |
Ron Wood's anticipation of a championship wrestling season is complicated
when he fails a drug test and refuses to take another. |
YF
Klause |
Annette Curtis Klause |
The Silver Kiss |
Feeling alienated from everyone during her mother's terminal illness, Zoe
comes under the spell of Simon, a vampire doomed to live until he avenges the
death of his mother 300 years earlier. |
YF
Koer |
Ron Koertge |
The Arizona Kid |
Working for the summer at a racetrack, living with his gay uncle, and
falling madly in love, make wimpy, short, tenth-grader Billy Kennedy more
self-confident and wiser in the ways of the world. |
YF
Levoy |
Myron Levoy |
Alan and Naomi |
A friendship blossoms between Naomi, a war refugee who has withdrawn into a
private world after witnessing her father's death, and Alan, her neighbor who
must cope with his despair when Naomi's fragile sanity is again shattered by
violence. |
YF
Lipsyte |
Robert Lipsyte |
The Contender |
With the gangs after him, 17-year-old high-school dropout Alfred Brooks
finds his way into a boxing club where champions work out. |
YF
Lynch |
Chris Lynch |
Iceman |
Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the
ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents, and attempts
to find a place where he belongs. |
YF
Mahy |
Margaret Mahy |
The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance |
With the help of an older boy who loves her, Laura "changes over"
into a witch to fight the evil forces attaching her little brother. |
YF
Marsden |
John Marsden |
Letters from the Inside |
The relationship between two teenage girls who become acquainted through
letters intensifies as their correspondence reveals some of the terrible
problems of their lives. |
YF
Mazer |
Harry Mazer and Norma Fox Mazer |
The Solid Gold Kid |
When five teenagers accept a ride from strangers, they become the victims
of a kidnapping plot and experience six horror-filled days that change their
lives. |
YF
Mazer |
Norma Fox Mazer |
Silver |
When 14-year-old Sarabeth Silver transfers to a new school, she is thrilled
to find herself part of the in crowd, until she becomes privy to an awful
secret. |
YF
Miklowitz |
Gloria Miklowitz |
After the Bomb |
A nuclear bomb is "accidentally" dropped on Los Angeles and
Philip is the only one in his family left to take charge. He must find food,
water, and first aid in a contaminated and burning city. |
YF
Murphy |
Barbara Murphy |
Ace Hits the Big Time |
A black eye patch and a dragon-emblazoned jacket help transform Horace
Hobart into Ace -- gang member, movie star and cool guy. |
YF
Myers |
Walter Dean Myers |
Scorpions |
Jamal's ability to be a good student and to live up to his father's
expectations is challenged by his role as gang leader. |
YF
O'Brien |
Robert C. O'Brien |
Z for Zachariah |
In a peaceful valley, two survivors of an atomic holocaust are brought
together, one a self- sufficient young girl, the other a killer bent on killing
again. |
YF
O'Dell |
Scott O'Dell |
Streams to the River, River to the Sea |
As a young girl, Sacajawea was captured by a tribe hostile to the Shoshone
and endured many trials before her fateful meeting with Lewis and Clark. |
YF
Paterson |
Katherine Paterson |
Jacob Have I Loved |
While growing up among the "water people" on an island off the
coast of eastern Maryland during the 1940's, Louise searches for her identity
and fights the jealousy she feels toward her talented, fragile, and beautiful
twin sister. |
YF
Paulsen |
Gary Paulsen |
Hatchet |
When the small plane taking him to his divorced father crashes in the
Canadian wilderness, Brian, the only survivor, remains there 54 days,
struggling against not only the harsh surroundings, but also the inner rage and
loneliness he feels because of his parents separation. What if Brian had not
been rescued and was forced to spend the entire winter alone? Find out in
Paulsen's story BRIAN'S WINTER. |
YF
Peck |
Richard Peck |
Are You in the House Alone? |
After receiving a series of threatening notes and phone calls, Gail Osburne
is raped by one of the richest and most popular boys in her school -- and no
one believes her. |
YF
Pfeffer |
Susan Beth Pfeffer |
Year Without Michael |
Somewhere between home and the softball field, Jody's 14-year-old brother
disappeared, and now Jody must deal with her disintegrating family and the hope
that he will return. |
YF
Pierce |
Meredith Ann Pierce |
The Darkangel |
Although both fascinated and repelled by the vampire, Aeriel tries to save
her mistress and the other vampire brides. |
YF
Plummer |
Louise Plummer |
Romantic Obsessions and Humiliations of Annie Sehlmeir |
When 16-year-old Annie Sehlmeier immigrates form Holland to live on 8th
South in Salt Lake City, she plans to speak perfect English, look like a movie
star and take East High School by storm. However, things never turn out the way
they are planned. |
YF
Pullman |
Philip Pullman |
Ruby in the Smoke |
In 19th Century London, 16-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes
involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby. |
YF
Rinaldi |
Ann Rinaldi |
Wolf by the Ears |
Harriet Hemmings, rumored to be Thomas Jefferson's daughter, faces the
difficult choice of passing as white or remaining a slave in the sheltered but
restrictive life at Monticello. |
YF
Rostkowski |
Margaret Rostkowski |
After the Dancing Days |
Annie defies her mother by going to the VA hospital and befriending Andrew,
a burn victim of World War I. |
YF
Ruckman |
Ivy Ruckman |
No Way Out |
A two day hike through Utah's Zion Narrows turns into a nightmare for six
teens when a flash flood roars through the canyon and there is no way out. |
YF
Scoppettone |
Sandra Scoppettone |
Trying Hard to Hear You |
Sixteen-year-old Camilla recalls the tumultuous summer of 1973 when her
best friend, Jeff, and Phil, the boy she had a crush on, fell in love. |
YF
Sleator |
William Sleator |
Interstellar Pig |
Teenage Barney is thrilled when the unusual new neighbors invite him to
play a fascinating game called "Interstellar Pig" until he realizes
he is involved in a life and death contest with menacing aliens. |
YF
Thomas |
Rob Thomas |
Rats Saw God |
In order to graduate, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred page writing
assignment which helps him sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut
father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled
teen. |
YF
Tolkien |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
The Hobbit |
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily
in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish. Also by
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Series |
YF
Voigt |
Cynthia Voigt |
Izzy, Willy-Nilly |
Who are your real friends? Izzy struggles to rethink her friendships after
losing a leg in a car crash. |
YF
White |
Robb White |
Deathwatch |
Ben's hunting expedition for bighorn sheep becomes a deathwatch in the
desert -- with someone hunting him and hope of survival over 45 miles
away. |
YF
Wrede |
Patricia Wrede |
Dealing With Dragons |
Unconventional Cimorene, fed up with her dull life as a princess, runs away
and joins the dragons. A fun book that turns fairy tales upside down. |
YF
Wyss |
Thelma Hatch Wyss |
Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel |
A group of teenagers from Bear Flats must live at the Scenic-Vu Motel
during the week to attend high school and Jake, the oldest, must try to keep
the group together and out of trouble. |
YF
Yep |
Lawrence Yep |
Dragon's Gate |
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent
to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a
tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in
1867. |
YF
Zindel |
Paul Zindel |
The Pigman |
Two high school sophomores tell of their friendship with a lonely old man
whom they delight and then deeply hurt. |