2005 9-12 Master List
- Acceleration / Graham McNamee.
- Wendy Lamb Books, 2003. 224p.
- Seventeen-year-old Duncan's guilt after he fails to save a drowning girl leads him to a job working for the Toronto subway. When he uncovers the diary of a would-be serial killer, Duncan attempts to trap the murderer.
- America / E. R. Frank.
- Atheneum, 2002. 256p.
- Teenage America, a no-black, no-white, not-anything boy who has spent many years in institutions for disturbed, antisocial behavior, tries to piece his life together. Using flashbacks and realistically rough language, Frank reveals the gritty, realistic and often shocking tale of survival after years of abuse.
- Bottled Up / Jaye Murray.
- Dial, 2003. 220p.
- A high school boy comes to terms with his drug addiction, life with an alcoholic father, and a younger brother who looks up to him.
- Breaking Point / Alex Flinn.
- HarperTempest, 2002. 256p.
- When geeky ex-homeschooler Paul Richmond enrolls as a sophomore at an exclusive Miami private school, he is immediately targeted for harassment. Then popular Charlie Good suddently befriends him outside of school. Paul seems willing to do anything to stay in favor.
- Breakout / Paul Fleischman.
- Cricket Books, 2003. 160p.
- A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
- Daddy's Little Girl / Mary Higgins Clark.
- Simon & Schuster, 2002. 304p.
- Ellie Cavanaugh was only seven years old when her fifteen-year-old sister, Andrea, was murdered near their home in a rural village in New York's Westchester County.
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things / Carolyn Macker.
- Candlewick Press, 2003. 246p.
- Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
- Fat Kid Rules the World / K. L. Going.
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. 187p.
- Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.
- Fault Line / Janet Tashjian.
- Henry Holt, 2003. 248p.
- Seventeen-year-old Becky Martin, an aspiring comic, must find the courage to get the help she needs when her boyfriend Kip, a rising star in the San Francisco comedy club scene, becomes emotionally and physically abusive.
- The First Part Last / Angela Johnson.
- Simon & Schuster, 2003. 144p.
- Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.
- A Northern Light / Jennifer Donnelly.
- Harcourt, 2003. 400p.
- In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
- Out of Order / A. M. Jenkins.
- HarperCollins, 2003. 256p.
- Trammel loves baseball and his girlfriend Grace, but he hates the rest of high school and maintains a tough facade to hide his feelings of inferiority. The fast-talking first-person narrative paints a humorous, poignant portrait of a young man with learning disabilities who is savvy yet self-destructive.
- Parchment of Leaves / Silas House.
- Ballantine, 2002. 304p.
- In 1917, a Cherokee woman who leaves her community to marry a white man finds herself isolated and discriminated against as she tries to settle in to her new life.
- Son of the Mob / Gordon Korman.
- Hyperion, 2002. 272p.
- Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
- 10th Grade / Joseph Weisberg.
- Random House, 2002. 272p.
- Recreates a school year in the life of teenager Jeremy Reskin, who falls madly in love with the new girl in school and deals in his own way with classes, sports, family conflicts, peer pressure, romance, and hanging out.
updated: Thursday, 03-Aug-2006 14:18:36 EDT