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Clair de Lune
Author: Cassandra Golds


The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Ask Me No Questions
Author: Marina Budhos
Escaping into the Night
Author: D. Dina Friedman
Gathering Blue
Author: Lois Lowry
Hoot
Author: Carl Hiaasen


Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Laura Ingalls Wilder Webquest
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

* Me Tarzan
* My Dog, My Hero
* Little Horse
* Keeper of the Doves

* The Midnight Fox
* Trouble River
* The Summer of the Swans
* The House of Wings
* The Winged Colt of Casa Mia
* The 18th Emergency
* After the Goat Man
* The TV Kid
* The Pinballs
* The Cartoonist



* Goodbye Chicken Little
* The Night Swimmers
* The Cybil War
* The 2000 Pound Goldfish
* The Glory Girl
* The Computer Nut
* Cracker Jackson
* Coast to Coast
* McMummy

For Middle Readers

* The Seven Treasure Hunts
* Tornado
* Beans on the Roof

For Young Readers

* The Golly Sister Books
* The Ant Books
* The Joy Boys

Nonfiction

* The Moon and I

Series

* The Blossom Family Books
* The Bingo Brown Books
* The Herculeah Jones Mysteries


Searching for David's heart by Cherie Bown
Abby Hays by Anne Mazer
Skybreaker by Kennth Oppal
Lost goat lane by Rosa Jordan
here today by Ann m Martin
Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Alice is growing up without a mother to advise her and has only her father and brother, who aren't much help. 1985.

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. Story of a boy and a girl, two fifth-graders, who build an imaginary kingdom of art, literature and friendship -- until tragedy occurs. 1977.

Coco Grimes by Mary Stolz. Thomas, who has just turned 11, is dying to go to Miami to meet Coco Grimes, a man who once played baseball in the Negro Leagues. 1994.

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. An award-winning novel of a boy who pours out his problems in letters to a writer he greatly admires. 1983.

Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight. Abandoned by their mother, Dicey and the younger children move in with their grandmother and start a new life. 1982.

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson. Eleven-year-old Gilly is placed in a new foster home with an unusual foster mother. 1978.

Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs by Jamie Gilson. Harvey looks forward to the arrival of a Vietnamese refugee family and their son, but runs into trouble with the prejudice of his American friend Quint. 1985.

More Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron. More episodes in the life of Julian, including a bet with his best friend, a science project, and what happens when his brother decides to be Superboy. 1989.

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer. Twelve-year-old Joel must learn to live with fear and grief after his his friend Tony drowns in a treacherous river. 1986.

Pinballs by Betsy Byars. Two boys and a girl meet in the foster home where they've been sent to live. 1977.

Plain City by Virginia Hamilton.
A racially-mixed 12-year-old girl seeks her African-American identity. 1993.

The Skirt by Gary Soto. Can Miata find the beautiful folklorico skirt her mother has loaned her in time for her dance performance? 1992.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. Peter Hatcher's trials and tribulations, most of which are caused by his two-year-old pesky brother, Fudge. 1972.

Wanted: Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars. The Blossom family has an eventful weekend during which Pap's dog Mud is put on trial for the murder of the school hamster. 1991.

Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera Cleaver. An Appalachian girl is determined to fulfill her father's last request to keep the family together. 1969.




FANTASY & MYSTERY

The BFG by Roald Dahl. Sophie is saved by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and finds herself in a strange environment. 1982.

The Boggart by Susan Cooper. When the Volnik family in Toronto inherits an ancient castle in Scotland, they also inherit the Boggart, a mischievous spirit that has lived there for centuries. 1993.

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. The fate of the peaceful kingdom of Prydain hangs in the balance as a young pig keeper and a great warrior battle the forces of evil. 1964.

The Borrowers by Mary Norton. Little people, no taller than a pencil, live in old houses and borrow what they need from humans.1953.

Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. A Connecticut cricket is transported in a picnic basket to New York's Times Square. l960.

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. Adventures in the supernatural as Will Stanton takes part in the eternal conflict between good and evil.1973.

The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery by Betsy Byars. The daughter of a police detective and a private eye becomes a sleuth in this fast-paced mystery. 1994.

The Giver by Lois Lowry. A haunting story in which a boy who inhabits a seemingly ideal world experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible. 1993.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. The first adventures of four children who go into the magical land of Narnia. 1950.

The Mennyms by Sylvia Waugh. A family of living, intelligent, life-sized rag dolls live undiscovered in a London flat. 1995.

Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Justin. When Milo receives a tollbooth as a gift, he finds that it admits him to a land where many adventures take place. l961.

The Sea Egg by L.M. Boston. A brief episode of magic perfectly captured in this adventure of two brothers whose egg-shaped rock hatches into a baby merman. 1967.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Mysterious story about the Tuck family, whose members drink from a magical spring and never grow old. 1975.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. Meg and her friends are spirited to another world by three extraterrestrial beings. 1962.




HISTORICAL

Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton. The account of the escape, the recapture, and the sensational 1854 trial of a fugitive slave. 1988.

Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
by S. Reit. In 1861, Emma Edmonds joined the Union Army disguised as a boy. She went on to serve her country as a master spy. 1988.

Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. A fictionalized account of the journey of nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd and her family along the Oregon Trail in 1852. 1994.

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink. The delightful escapades of a red-haired tomboy and her brothers in early Wisconsin. 1973.

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli. Set in the 14th century, the classic story of one boy's personal heroism when he loses the use of his legs. 1949.

A Family Apart (The Orphan Train series) by Joan Lowrey Nixon. The story of Frances Mary and the other Kelly children sent to St. Louis in the mid-19th century to live with frontier families. 1987.

Johnny Tremain: A Novel For Young and Old by Esther Forbes. Story of a young silversmith's apprentice, who plays an important part in the American Revolution. 1943.

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Outstanding story of a log-cabin family in Wisconsin in the late 1800s. 1953.

Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor. In 1930s Mississippi, a small town torn by racial injustice and segregation is united by a tragic accident that changes the lives of the town's citizens forever.1990.

My Brother Sam is Dead by James L. Collier. Recounts tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the American Revolution when one son joins the Rebel forces.1974.

My Sister's Keeper by Beverly Butler. In the north woods of Wisconsin following a forest fire that destroys their town in 1871, 17-year-old Mary James forms a new respect for her older sister. 1980.

Number the Stars by Lois Lowrey. Best friends Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen must pretend to be sisters when Ellen's parents go into hiding to escape a Nazi roundup. 1989.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. The moving biography of a young Japanese girl who dies of leukemia that developed as a result of radiation sickness from the bombing of Hiroshima. 1977.

Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Two children wait on the prairie for the arrival of a New England woman who has answered their father's ad for a wife.1985.

Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell. The tragic forced march of the Indians to Fort Sumner in 1864, told by a young Navajo girl. 1970.

The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox. Fourteen-year-old Jessie is kidnapped and forced aboard an American slave ship bound for Africa. 1973.

Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare. In 1687, Kit Tyler befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft. 1958.


HUMOROUS

Aliens for Breakfast
by Jonathon Etra. Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class. 1988.

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowrey. Anastasia's tenth year has some good things like falling in love and getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out her mother is going to have a baby. 1979.

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe. A dog named Harold tells the story of a rabbit many believe to be a vampire. 1979.

Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith. Henry Green develops the first recorded case of chocolate fever. 1989.

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald. The shrewdest con artist west of the Mississippi during the early 1900s was 10-year-old Tom Fitzgerald, alias The Great Brain. 1967.

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. In this very funny story, Billy takes on a bet -- he will eat 15 worms a day. 1972.

Kevin Corbett Eats Flies by P. Hermes. Kevin and his friend conspire to prevent Kevin's father from moving himself and Kevin yet again. 1986.


SCHOOL

The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson. The incorrigible Herdmans from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever are back in this book of laugh-out-loud adventures.1994.

The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown by Betsy Byars. During Bingo's sixth-grade year, he falls in love three times for starters. 1988.

Class President by Johanna Hurwitz. Fifth grade holds a lot of changes for Julio Sanchez, especially after being elected class president. 1990.

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. Precocious, overprivileged Harriet darts around her Manhattan neighborhood ferreting out and writing down the worst and best on her scene, sparing no one. 1964.

Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli. After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his friends.1990.

Thirteen Ways to Sing a Sub by Jamie Gilson. The girls in Room 4A challenge the boys to see who can first make their substitute teacher cry.1982.

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar. More zany episodes with the children who inhabit the world's wackiest elementary school. 1994.


SPORTS


Me, Mop and the Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers. Mop wants to star in Little League baseball, hoping she will get adopted by the couple coaching her team.1988.

No Arm in Left Field by Matt Christopher. The new kid in town tries out for the baseball team, but his weak throwing arm causes friction between him and the shortstop.

Outside Shooter by Thomas Dygard. Story of a first-year coach and his challenge to shape up an uncontrollable yet talented player. 1990.

Skinnybones by Barbara Parks. Tale of a Little League misfit. 1982.

S.O.R. Losers by Avi. Everyone at South Orange River Middle School is expected to participate in one sport each year, and this is the story of a soccer team that would rather be doing something else. 1984.

The Trading Game by Alfred Slote. The baseball card Andy longs to add to his almost complete collection is the one for his own grandfather in this fast-paced and funny story. 1990.



SCARY STORIES

Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts by Avi. To set the spirit of a young African American slave to rest, a contemporary boy must travel back in time to 1800. 1988.

McMummy by Betsy Byars. In this combination of the funny and bizarre, a boy faces off against a sinister, humming pea pod that's growing in the greenhouse of an eccentric professor.

The Dark Way by Virginia Hamilton. The retelling of 24 myths and folktales from around the world filled with monsters, devils and phantoms "eager to leap into the corners of our imaginations." 1990.

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright. Strange things happen in the old doll house Amy finds in the attic. 1983.

The Secret of Lizard Island by Ernest Herndon. When a mix-up sends 12-year-old Eric to the South Pacific on a mission, the boy finds himself on a remote island where scientists seem to be growing 30-foot lizards. 1994.

Seven Spiders Spinning by Gregory Maguire. Ice Age spiders thaw out in modern-day Vermont in a neat combination of clever wit and delicious thrills. 1994.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. With genuinely creepy illustrations, this collection of American folklore should be read with the lights on. 1981.

The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales by Maria Leach. Thirty-five stories about ghosts, some scary and some funny. 1959.

The Ghost Came Calling by Betsy Ren Wright. Chad likes the rundown cabin at the lake until he discovers it's haunted by a ghost who doesn't want company. 1994.



FROM BOOKS TO MOVIES
The following books have all been made into movies. Read the book, then watch the movie. Or, vice versa. Some of the other books in this list are also available on video. Ask your librarian.


Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. A powerful story of a 14-year-old boy and the ugly stray dog he comes to love. 1956.

Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith. A piglet destined for butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheepdog, and discovers a special secret to success. 1985.

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford. The adventures of a Labrador retriever, a terrier, and a Siamese cat, who journey 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to return home. 1961. (Movie version also known as: Homeward Bound.)

The Indian In the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks. A boy receives a
plastic toy Indian which comes to life. 1980.

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A little girl, brought from India to England, is treated like a princess until her father dies. 1984.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien. A group of rats are given human intelligence by a series of laboratory experiments. 1971.

The Rescuers by Margery Sharp. The Prisoners' Aid Society of mice want to free a Norwegian poet from the dungeon of the Black Castle.1974.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Three children find a secret garden and make it bloom again; the garden, in turn, changes the children.1962.
1. Girls In Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005).

2. The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen (Viking, 2004).

3. Looking For Alaska by John Green (Dutton, 2005).

4. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Atria Books, 2004).

5. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (Scholastic Press, 2004).

6. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson (Little, Brown Books for

Young Readers, 2005).

7. The Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah (Bloomsbury, 2004).

8. Teen Idol by Meg Cabot (HarperCollins, 2004).

9. The Garden by Elise Aidinoff (Harper Tempest, 2004).

10. How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater by

Marc Acito (Broadway Books, 2004).
thanks to internet
Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story. Bloomsbury, 2005. $24.95. (1-58234-520-1).



Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. Scholastic, 2005. illus. $19.95. (0-439-35379-3).



Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate. St. Martin's, 2005. $19.95. (0-312-33268-8).



Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Dutton, 2005. $15.99. (0-525-47506-0).



Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2005. $16.95. (0-689-84789-0).



Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight: A Novel. Little, Brown/Megan Tingley, 2005. $17.99. (0-316-16017-2).



Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways: Volume 1 HC. Illus. by Adrian Alphona. Marvel, 2005. $34.99. (0-7851-1876-4).



Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps. Penguin/Razorbill, 2005. $16.99. (1-59514-031-X).



Wooding, Chris. Poison. Scholastic/Orchard, 2005. $16.99. (0-439-75570-0).



Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger. Knopf, 2005. $16.95. (0-375-83099-5).



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best books for young adults
List of the 2001 Best Books for Young Adults without annotations. To view the fully annotated list visit the YALSA For Members Only section.
* Brooks, Martha. “True Confessions of a Heartless Girl.” Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books, $16.00 (0-374-37806-1)
* Donnelly, Jennifer. “A Northern Light.” Harcourt, $17.00 (0-15-216705-6)
* Haddon, Mark. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel.” Random House/Doubleday, $22.95 (0-385-50945-6)
* Johnson, Angela. “The First Part Last.” Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $15.95 (0-689-84922-2)
* Levithan, David. “Boy Meets Boy.” Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, $15.95 (0-375-82400-6)
* Maynard, Joyce. “The Usual Rules.” St. Martin’s Press, $24.95 (0-312-24261-1)
* Pattou, Edith. “East.” Harcourt Children’s Books, $18.00 (0-15-204563-5)
* Rapp, Adam. “33 Snowfish.” Candlewick Press, $15.99 (0-7636-1874-8)
* Stroud, Jonathan. “The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One.” Hyperion Books for Children/Miramax, $17.95 (0-7868-1859-X)
* Thompson, Craig. “Blankets: An Illustrated Novel.” Top Shelf Productions, $29.95 (1-891830-43-0)

Best Books for Young Adults
Selected by Anna Zanarini azanarini@slco.lib.ut.us
The Salt Lake County Library System does not necessarily recommend that all teens read all books. These books offer a balance in reading level, interest level, and types of fiction. We encourage parents to read and discuss these books with their teens.

Call #

Author

Title

Annotation
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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.


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