Rose, Chris, 1960-. 1 dead in attic : after Katrina. 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007.
 

Bennett, Veronica, 1953-. Angelmonster. 1st U.S. pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007, c2005.
Presents a fictionalized story of Mary Godwin, author of the horror classic "Frankenstein," and her relationship with poet Percy Shelley, who ran away to Europe to escape social ostracism in London, and who endured tragedy repeatedly in her life.

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Autobiography of my dead brother. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Amistad/HarperTempest, 2006, c2005.
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.

Ralston, Aron. Between a rock and a hard place. 1st Atria Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Atria Books, 2005, c2004.
 

Runyon, Brent. The Burn Journals. Vintage Books, 2005.
In 1991, fourteen-year-old Brent Runyan came home from school, doused his bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and lit a match. This is the true story of Brent and his recovery from near-death back to high school, from suicide to the emotional mainstream of life.

Pelzer, Dave. A child called "It" : one child's courage to survive. Deerfield Beach, Florida : Health Communications, Inc, c1995.
 

Strasser, Todd. Close out. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2004.
Kai and his friends are looking forward to the upcoming Northeast Open Surfing Championship being held at Sun Haven, and winning could mean that Kai gets to stay in Sun Haven.

Strasser, Todd. Cut back. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2004.
After going up against the locals and breaking into the lineup, Kai has his own crew, but he faces another battle when he befriends Spazzy, a summer kid with Tourette's syndrome who wants Kai to get him into the local competition.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Demon in my view. New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, [2001], c2000.
Seventeen-year-old Jessica Allodola discovers that the vampire world of her fiction is real when she develops relationships with an alluring vampire named Aubrey and the teenage witch who is trying to save Jessica from his clutches.

Flinn, Alex. Diva. 1st HarperTeen pbk. ed. New York : HarperTeen, 2007, c2006.
Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin determines to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami.

Anderson, M. T. Feed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004, c2002.
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

Sobey, Edwin J. C, 1948-. A field guide to office technology. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill : Chicago Review Press, c2007.
 

Sobey, Edwin J. C, 1948-. A field guide to roadside technology. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill : Chicago Review Press, c2006.
 

Fire fighters : stories of survival from the front lines of firefighting. New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002.
 

Bell, William, 1945-. Forbidden city : a novel. Toronto ; : Bantam Books, c1990.
Thrilled when his cameraman father invites him along on an assignment in China, seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson does not suspect that they will become part of the great historical events sweeping China in the spring of 1989.

Erlbaum, Janice, 1969-. Girlbomb : a halfway homeless memoir. New York : Villard Books, 2007.
At 15, sick of her mom's spineless reactions to abusive men--and afraid of her stepfather's unpredictable behavior--Janice Erlbaum walked out of her family's apartment and never returned. From her first frightening night at a shelter, trying to sleep in a large room filled with yelling girls, Janice knew she was in over her head. She was beaten up, shaken down, and nearly stabbed--but it was still better than home. She was halfway homeless, one step away from being sent "upstate to Lockdown." Yet she continued to attend high school, harbor crushes, even play the lead in the spring production of Guys and Dolls. She also roamed the streets, clubs, bars, and parks of New York City with her two girlfriends, on the prowl for hard drugs and boys on skateboards. This is an unflinching look at street life, survival sex, female friendships, and first loves.--From publisher description.

Kim, Derek Kirk. Good as Lily. New York : Minx, c2007.
A strange mishap on her eighteenth birthday causes Grace Kwon to be confronted with herself at three different periods in her life--ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy--while she and her friends struggle to save a crumbling school play.

The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told : the Finest Writers on Ice. Lyons first paperback ed. Lyons Press, 2006.
A reminder of what we can be / E.M. Swift -- Facing the shooter / Alec Wilkinson -- Open net / George Plimpton -- The game of our lives / Peter Gzowski -- Steaua wears a black hat / Dave Bidini -- Hockey fan-antics / Jeff Greenfield --Damage control / Gare Joyce -- An innocent at rinkside / William Faulkner -- Toe / Red Fisher -- Hockey nights / Guy Lawson -- Building a rink of your own / Jack Falla -- My career with the Leafs / Brian Fawcett -- The style is the man / Hugh Hood -- Our hockey is hotter than your hockey / Bryant Urstadt -- The healing power of hockey / John Stackhouse -- Slap shot / Nancy Dowd.

Myers, Walter Dean. The Greatest : Muhammad Ali. Scholastic Paperbacks (Mm), 2002.
 

Hill, Joe. Heart-shaped box. New York : Harper, [2008], c2007.
 

Caletti, Deb. Honey, Baby, Sweetheart. Simon Pulse, 2005.
In the summer of her junior year, sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love, and in the process, learn many things about "the real ties that bind" people to one another.

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Hoops. New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, [1983], c1981.
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.

Hillman, Laura. I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree : A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor. Reprint. New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.
In 1942 Hannelore Wolff made a difficult decision, one that changed her life forever. She left the comfort and safety of her boarding school in Berlin, Germany, and volunteered to be sent to a Polish ghetto. The Gestapo had already killed her father and were deporting her mother and brothers. Hannelore could not bear to be separated from what was left of her family so she chose to go with them. It was the beginning of her long journey through what turned out to be eight concentration camps, including Auschwitz. In one of the camps, Hannelore fell in love with a young man named Dick Hillman. After a few months they were separated, but Dick told Hannelore, "I will find you, wherever you are." He kept his promise. They were both put on Oskar Schindler's famous list and married when they were reunited. I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree is one woman's incredible story of finding courage, strength, and love during one of the most horrific times of the modern era.

Hautman, Pete, 1952-. Invisible. 1st Simon Pulse edition. New York : Simon Pulse, 2006, c2005.
Even though they are complete opposites, seventeen-year-old outcast Doug Hanson and football star Andy Morrow are best friends who share a secret that bonds them together.

Solitaire, Jenna. Keeper of the winds. New York : TOR, 2006.
After the death of her last known relative, Jenna discovers a mysterious board in her attic and learns from Simon, who works for the Vatican, that she is a "Keeper," with powers and a destiny inherited from her grandmother.

Waid, Mark. Legion of Super-Heroes. New York : DC Comics, c2005.
 

Frey, James. A million little pieces. First Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, c. 2003.
 

Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen minutes : A novel. New York : Washington Square Press, c.2007.
Sterling is an ordinary New Hamspshire town where nothing happens -- until one day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes -- or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the community begin to show -- destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to jusge someone else, and whether anyone is every really who they seem to be.

Operation homecoming : Iraq, Afghanistan, and the home front, in the words of U.S. troops and their families. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2006.
And now it begins: heading into combat -- Hearts and minds: interactions with Afghans and Iraqis -- Stuck in this sandbox: gripes, humor, boredom, and the daily grind -- Worlds apart: life on the home front -- This is not a game: the physical and emotional toll of war -- Home: returning to the United States. Eyewitness accounts, private journals, short stories, and other writings by U.S. troops and their families.

Dower, Laura. Rewind. New York : Scholastic, c2006.
When she witnesses her long-time crush, Lucas, doing something cruel to his date, Hope, on prom night, Cady is devastated by what she sees, but when unknown facts are finally revealed, things turn out to be much different than they first appeared.

Myers, Walter Dean. Scorpions. New York : Harper & Row, 1990, c1988.
After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.

Semper Fi : Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle. New York : Thunder's Mouth Pr/Nations Books, 2003.
 

Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp. 1st Simon & Schuster ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2006, c2005.
Back in San Francisco for her senior year in high school, seventeen-year-old Cyd attempts to reconcile with her boyfriend, Shrimp, making some girlfriends and beginning to feel more a part of her family in the process.

Duncan, Lois. Stranger with my face. New York : Laurel-Leaf, c1981.
A seventeen-year-old senses she is bing spied on and probably impersonated, but when she discovers what actually is occurring, it is more unbelievable thatn she ever imagined,.

Van Diepen, Allison. Street pharm. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2006.
Inheriting the family business when his father is thrown in jail, seventeen-year-old Ty Johnson becomes one of the most successful drug dealers on the streets of Brooklyn until a competitor enters the neighborhood and a nasty turf war begins.

Duncan, Lois, 1934-. Summer of fear. New York : Dell Pub. Co., [1977], c1976.
 

Waid, Mark. Superman : birthright. New York : DC Comics, c2004.
 

Strasser, Todd. Take off. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2004.
After arriving in Sun Haven, fifteen-year-old Kai can't wait to get on a board and surf again, but the locals patrolling the best spot on the beach will only let him into the lineup if he consents to compete against one of them.

Neenan, Colin. Thick. Weston, Conn.: Brown Barn Books, 2006.
Nick is a nice guy, but he's got a lot of problems. He's slow in school, very slow, and even though he likes his teachers, he's sometimes bullied by his classmates. His father is an abusive drunk, and Nick wants to protect his sister from him. But Nick's worst problem has landed him in jail in a holding cell.

Cook, Robin, 1940-. Toxin. New York : Berkley Books, 1999, c1998.
 

Vaught, Susan, 1965-. Trigger. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury :, 2006.
Teenager Jersey Hatch must work through his extensive brain damage to figure out why he decided to shoot himself.

Brooks, Martha, 1944-. True confessions of a heartless girl. 1st HarperTempest ed. New York : HarperTempest, 2004.
A confused seventeen-year-old girl, a single mother and her young son, two elderly women, and a sad and lonely man, with their own individual tragedies to bear, come together in a small Manitoba town and find a way to a better future.

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. 1st paperback edition. New York : Little, Brown, 2006, c2005.
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Mead, Richelle. Vampire Academy. New York : Razorbill, c2007.
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots.

Crutcher, Chris. Whale talk. New York : Laurel-leaf Books, 2002, c2001.
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.

Sones, Sonya. What my mother doesn't know. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2003, c2001.
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.