When Jack develops an interest in something, he puts his all into it, making lists, doing research and learning all he can. When his best friend Leah decides to have plastic surgery for her sixteenth birthday, Jack is horrified, and...
Teenagers
- Author:Harvey, Sarah N.Summary:
- Author:Choyce, LesleySummary:
In this novel for teens, Trevor, who has Huntington's disease, connects with an old man who helps him live his life more fully.
- Author:Polak, MoniqueSummary:
What a crappy way to spend a weekend. The always-sarcastic Abby would rather be playing soccer, and the cagily quiet Christopher thinks a grief retreat is a waste of time. Neither of them wants to spend two days talking about their...
- Author:Wright, MelissaSummary:
Frey had lived in a world where humans were fairy tales, but this has changed. Forced to join a group of strangers whose pasts seem to intertwine with her own, she struggles to regain her memories and power.
- Author:Bigué, GenevièveSummary:
Un phénomène naturel très rare cause tout un émoi à Rivière-aux-Corbeaux : le lac Kijikone a pris feu et est devenu un véritable brasier. On dit que lorsqu'il s'enflamme, tout ce qu'on y plonge se transforme en or....
- Author:Dunn, PaulSummary:
Inspired by the kinds of real-life stories that prompted the It Gets Better campaign, Paul Dunn's play for middle-grade and high-school students brings the discussion around homophobia, bullying, mental health, and gay-straight...
- Author:Atta, DeanSummary:
Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic. He has had a crush on Karim for as long as he can remember and he can't believe it when gorgeous, popular Karim seems into him too. But when Mack's father takes on a new directing...
- Author:Moccia, FedericoSummary:
Just as in every other place in the world, teenagers in Rome forge their own path separate from their parents. Some are hardworking and studious like Babi, a young girl waiting to find the love of her life. Then there are bad boys like...
- Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Wildenstein, OliviaSummary:
Angie has studied music her entire life, nurturing her talent as a singer. Now a high-school senior, she has an opportunity to break into Nashville's music scene via a songwriting competition launched by her idol, Mona Stone....
- Author:Gregorio, I. W.Summary:
A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she's intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking...
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
Finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, fifteen-year-old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad, only to end up...
- Author:Gaetz, DayleSummary:
Caz has a pretty good reason when she punches her boyfriend in the face, but she gets expelled anyway. Moving to a new school, she is told she is dyslexic and is sent to special education classes. Caz tries to fit in and get by while...
- Author:Bates, LauraSummary:
No matter how you try to hide it, the truth will always come out. When a small plane crash ends with a group of seven teens washed up on a deserted island, their first thought is survival. With supplies dwindling and the fear of being...
- Author:Valognes, AurélieSummary:
À l'école, il y a les bons élèves... et il y a Gustave.Depuis son radiateur au fond de la classe, Gustave rêve. Le garçon aimerait rapporter des bonnes notes à sa mère, malheureusement ce sont surtout les convocations du...
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Images of loneliness, seduction, unfulfilled dreams and torn lives emerge on the pages of this anthology to challenge readers to search for answers for a better life. The authors use the role of Christianity as the running theme for...
- Author:Hahn, ErinSummary:
"BOLD. IMPORTANT. BEAUTIFUL." - Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow In Erin Hahn's Never Saw You Coming , sometimes it takes a leap of faith to find...
- Author:Warga, JasmineSummary:
Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel...
- Author:Bayron, KalynnSummary:
A teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance--and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger--in misty Victorian London, in Kalynn Bayron's My Dear Henry, a gothic YA remix of Dr....
- Author:Nayebzadah, RahelaSummary:
In this powerful debut novel set in the spring of 2000, Rahela Nayebzadah introduces three unforgettable characters: Beh, Shabnam and Alif. In a world swirling with secrets, racism and danger we watch through the eyes of these three...