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Crossing Stones

by Frost, Helen

Maybe you won’t rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. H...

Antsy Does Time

by Shusterman, Neal

Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the...

Love, Stargirl

by Spinelli, Jerry

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter...

A Darkling Plain

by Reeve, Philip

While dealing with people from their past and treachery from unexpected sources, Tom, Hester, and Wren return to save the world.

Trigger

by Vaught, Susan

Jersey Hatch can’t remember if he rammed the car into his parents’ house. He can’t remember why his best friend won’t speak to him. He can’t remember...

The Burn Journals

by Runyon, Brent

Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his show...

Shooter

by Myers, Walter Dean

Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

Zigzag

by Wittlinger, Ellen

A high-school junior makes a trip with her aunt and two cousins, discovering places she did not know existed and strengths she did not know she had.

A Northern Light

by Donnelly, Jennifer

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 s...

Revenge of the Whale

The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the autho...