New items for 'genre:fiction format:"young adult"' at Visual Catalog - Contra Costa County Library.

Once dead, twice shy

Harrison, Kim. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Harrison, Kim.
ISBN: 9780061718205, 9780061718168 (trade bdg.), 0061718165 (trade bdg.), 0061718203 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Dead, Death, Supernatural, Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Young adult fiction
Spunky teen Madison, though technically dead, uses a stolen amulet to retain the illusion of a body and help her in the struggle between Light and Dark reapers.

Waves

Dogar, Sharon. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Dogar, Sharon.
ISBN: 9780439871808, 0439871808
Year: 2007
Subjects: Coma, First loves, Cornwall (England : County), Fiction, Patients, Family relationships, Bildungsromans
Hal feels eerily connected to his comatose older sister as she hovers between life and death in a hospital. Hal believes his sister is trying to communicate with him as he tries to solve the mystery of her accident.

Graceling

Cashore, Kristin. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Cashore, Kristin., Baker, David Aaron, Full Cast Family
ISBN: 9781934180891, 1934180890, 9781934180709, 193418070X
Year: 2009
Subjects: Imaginary wars and battles, Assassins, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction, Audiobooks
In a world where some people are born with a unique and sometimes uncanny gift, Katsa was certainly no exception. At an early age, she demonstrated an uncomfortable gift for killing. This makes her the perfect tool for her uncle, King Randa. But Katsa detests being used and decides to stand against the injustice surrounding her.

Once was lost

Zarr, Sara. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Zarr, Sara.
ISBN: 9780307582300, 0307582302
Year: 2009
Subjects: Faith, Self-perception, Parent and child, Missing children, Juvenile fiction, Audiobooks
As the tragedy of a missing girl unfolds in her small town, fifteen-year-old Samara, who feels emotionally abandoned by her parents, begins to question her faith.

Sweethearts

Zarr, Sarah. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Zarr, Sarah.
ISBN: 9780307706034, 0307706036
Year: 2009
Subjects: Popularity, Schools, Family problems, Weight control, Self-esteem, Psychological abuse, Utah, Fiction, Audiobooks

Killer Pizza

Taylor, Greg, 1951- — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Taylor, Greg, 1951-
ISBN: 9780312373795, 0312373791
Year: 2009
Subjects: Monsters, Horror tales, Horror stories, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
While working as summer employees in a local pizza parlor, three teenagers are recruited by an underground organization of monster hunters.

Warriors

Jolley, Dan. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jolley, Dan., Hunter, Erin, Kurkoski, Bettina M
ISBN: 9780061478673 (pbk.), 0061478679 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Cats, Comic books, strips, etc, United States, Fiction, Graphic novels
"When kittypet Tiny crosses paths with some wild forest cats defending their territory, he is left with scars-- and a bitter, deep-seated grudge. As his reputation grows among the strays and loners that live in the dirty brick alleyways of Twolegplace, he changes his name to Scourge and puts everything about his old life behind him-- except his deadly desire for revenge" -- p. [4] of cover.

The host

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-, OverDrive, Inc
ISBN: 9780316032322 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB), 0316032328 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Spirit possession, Betrayal, Biological invasions, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Fiction, Science fiction, Love stories, Electronic books
The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves--Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.--From publisher description.

Breaking dawn

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-, OverDrive, Inc
ISBN: 9780316032834 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB), 0316032832 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Vampires, Werewolves, Supernatural, Marriage, Washington (State), Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction, Electronic books
Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.

Black Cat

Yabuki, Kentaro. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Yabuki, Kentaro., DeConnick, Kelly Sue, JN Productions, Luc, Gia Cam
ISBN: 9781421516059 (pbk.), 1421516055 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Bounty hunters, Revenge, Japan, Comic books, strips, etc, Graphic novels
Glin, a mysterious information broker, is forming a Sweeper Alliance in order to destroy Creed and the Apostles of the Stars. Even if he can locate the Apostles' hiding place, will he be able to survive the perilous journey?

Cricket man

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
ISBN: 9781416949817, 141694981X
Year: 2008
Subjects: Heroes, Neighbors, Famil, Schools, Skateboarding, Pregnancy, Family life, Maryland, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Young adult fiction
Thirteen-year-old Kenny secretly calls himself "Cricket Man" after a summer of rescuing creatures from his family's Bethesda, Maryland, pool, which gives him more self-confidence and an urge to be a hero, especially for his depressed sixteen-year-old neighbor, Jodie.

The revolt

Skurzynski, Gloria. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Skurzynski, Gloria.
ISBN: 0689842651
Year: 2005
Subjects: Science fiction
Details Corgan's escape, with Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg, from Brigand to outerspace.

Ultimate Fantastic Four

Carey, Mike. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Carey, Mike., Millar, Mark, Lee, Jae
ISBN: 0785116672 (pbk.), 9780785116677 (pbk.)
Year: 2005
Subjects: Heroes, Good and evil, Cartoons and comics, Fantastic Four (Fictitious characters), Fiction, Graphic novels, Superhero comic books, strips, etc
A classic Fantastic Four villain makes her first appearance when she turns the Baxter building into a trap designed to trap and eliminate the superhero team. Then, the Four meet the Inhumans for the first time, one of whom will steal Johnny's heart.

Pieces of me

Gingras, Charlotte, 1943- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Gingras, Charlotte, 1943-
ISBN: 9781554534326 (pbk.), 9781554532421
Year: 2009
Subjects: High schools, Schools, Coming of age, Interpersonal relations, Art, Family problems, Fiction
Mirabelle, a talented artist from a broken home, befriends the free-spirited and confident Catherine, whose friendship brings Mira out of her shell, but Mira soon learns that her newfound confidence can be shattered in an instant.

Beauty and the bully

Behrens, Andy. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Behrens, Andy.
ISBN: 9780525478980
Year: 2008
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Dating (Social customs), Bands (Music), Rock groups, Rock music, Bullies, High schools, Schools, Humorous stories, Fiction
Hoping to attract a beautiful student activist who is the long-time object of his unrequited crush, Duncan Boone, lead guitarist in a rock band, enlists the help of a school bully whose sister wants to be in the band even though she is the worst guitar player in the universe.

Sucks to be me

Pauley, Kimberly, 1973- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Pauley, Kimberly, 1973-
ISBN: 9780786950287 (hc), 0786950285 (hc)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Dating (Social customs), Schools, Family, Family life, Vampires, California, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
When sixteen-year-old Mina is forced to take a class to help her decide whether or not to become a vampire like her parents, she also faces a choice between her life-long best friend and the boy she has a crush on versus new friends and possible boyfriends in her mandatory "vampire lessons."

The forest in the hallway

Smith, Gordon R., 1951- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Smith, Gordon R., 1951-
ISBN: 0618688471, 9780618688470
Year: 2006
Subjects: Witches, Magic, Parents, Fiction
Accompanied by a mysterious lost boy and a rowdy family with strange powers, fourteen-year-old Beatriz searches for her missing parents while evading a band of slave traders and a vengeful witch.

Test

Sleator, William. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sleator, William.
ISBN: 9780810993563 (hc), 0810993562 (hc)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements, Education, Political corruption, Immigrants, Conspiracies, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
In the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the near future, where a standardized test determines each person's entire life, a powerful man runs a corrupt empire until seventeen-year-old Ann and other students take the lead in boycotting the test.

The outcasts

Matthews, L. S. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Matthews, L. S.
ISBN: 0385733674, 9780385733670, 0385903820, 9780385903820
Year: 2007
Subjects: Space and time, Supernatural, Interpersonal relations, Self-confidence, High schools, Schools, England, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
A much-anticipated school trip to England's West Country turns into a life-changing adventure for five high school misfits when they fall into another dimension while exploring the house in which they are staying.

Surf mules

Neri, Greg. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Neri, Greg.
ISBN: 9780399250866
Year: 2009
Subjects: Coming of age, Surfing, Automobile travel, Drug couriers, Death, Friendship, Fiction
When a tragic accident and sudden financial woes cause recent high school graduate Logan to question plans for his future, he agrees to make a road trip with his best friend and surfing buddy, Z-boy, transporting marijuana from southern California to Orlando, Florida.

Punkzilla

Rapp, Adam. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Rapp, Adam.
ISBN: 9780763630317 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Runaways, Voyages and travels, Brothers, Letters, Fiction
A runaway boy nicknamed Punkzilla who sustains himself on the streets of Portland through petty crimes decides to try to kick his meth habit, turn his life around, and go on a journey to Tennessee to visit his dying older brother.

After the moment

Freymann-Weyr, Garret, 1965- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Freymann-Weyr, Garret, 1965-
ISBN: 9780618605729
Year: 2009
Subjects: Dating (Social customs), Stepfamilies, Emotional problems, Fiction
When seventeen-year-old Leigh changes high schools his senior year to help his stepsister, he finds himself falling in love with her emotionally disturbed friend, although he is still attached to a girl back home.

Bait

Sanchez, Alex, 1957- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sanchez, Alex, 1957-
ISBN: 9781416937722 (hardcover)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Emotional problems, Sexual abuse victims, Stepfathers, Mexican Americans, Fiction
Diego keeps getting into trouble because of his explosive temper until he finally finds a probation officer who helps him get to the root of his anger so that he can stop running from his past.

Once was lost

Zarr, Sara. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Zarr, Sara.
ISBN: 9780316036047
Year: 2009
Subjects: Faith, Self-perception, Parent and child, Missing children, Fiction
As the tragedy of a missing girl unfolds in her small town, fifteen-year-old Samara, who feels emotionally abandoned by her parents, begins to question her faith.

The heartbreakers

Wells, Pamela. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Wells, Pamela.
ISBN: 9780439026918, 0439026911
Year: 2007
Subjects: Dating (Social customs), Separation (Psychology), Friendship, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
When three high school friends experience breakups on the same night, a fourth writes "The Break up Code," which all agree to follow as they try to get over the bad relationships and get back in touch with themselves and one another.

Undone

Taylor, Brooke. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Taylor, Brooke.
ISBN: 9780802797636, 0802797636
Year: 2008
Subjects: Best friends, Friendship, Family life, Single-parent families, High schools, Schools, Death, Colorado, Fiction
Sixteen-year-olds Serena and Kori look alike but have opposite personalities and live very different lives in Kismet, Colorado, but when tragedy strikes, Serena decides to complete Kori's list of "5 Secret Things" and uncovers, in the process, the mystery that has bound them together.

Appetite for detention

Tanen, Sloane. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Tanen, Sloane., Hagen, Stefan
ISBN: 9781599900759 (hardcover), 1599900750 (hardcover)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, High schools, Schools, Fiction
Text and photographs featuring pipe-cleaner chickens illustrate a cross-section of typical teenage experiences, including coping with out-of-control parents, stress pimples, weight problems, and trying to fit in.

Cracked up to be

Summers, Courtney. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Summers, Courtney.
ISBN: 9780312383695, 031238369X
Year: 2009
Subjects: Emotional problems, Guilt, Interpersonal relations, High schools, Schools, Fiction
High school senior Parker Fadley has quit the cheerleading squad, broken up with her popular boyfriend, and is in danger of not graduating with her class, but she refuses to tell anyone what has precipitated this sudden change in her attitude and behavior, insisting that she only wants to be left alone.

Same difference

Vivian, Siobhan. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Vivian, Siobhan.
ISBN: 9780545004077 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0545004071 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Artists, Self-confidence, Schools, Best friends, Friendship, Family life, New Jersey, Philadelphia (Pa.), Fiction
Feeling left out since her long-time best friend started a serious relationship, sixteen-year-old Emily looks forward to a summer program at the Philadelphia College of Art but is not sure she is up to the challenges to be faced there, including finding herself and learning to balance life and art.

The guardian

Sweeney, Joyce. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sweeney, Joyce.
ISBN: 9780805080193 (hc : alk. paper), 0805080198 (hc : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Foster home care, Brothers and sisters, Schools, Bullies, Fathers and sons, Faith, Fiction
When thirteen-year-old Hunter, struggling to deal with a harsh, money-grubbing foster mother, three challenging foster sisters, and a school bully, returns to his childhood faith and prays to St. Gabriel, he instantly becomes aware that he does, indeed, have a guardian.

Last dance at the Frosty Queen

Uhlig, Richard Allen, 1970- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Uhlig, Richard Allen, 1970-
ISBN: 9780375839672 (trade), 9780375939679 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2007
Subjects:
In the spring of 1988, as his high school graduation approaches, Artie Flood worries that he will never be able to escape his tiny Kansas town.

The secret rites of social butterflies

Zindel, Lizabeth. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Zindel, Lizabeth.
ISBN: 9780670062171, 0670062170
Year: 2008
Subjects: Secret societies, Gossip, High schools, Schools, New York (N.Y.), Juvenile fiction, Fiction

Fact of life #31

Vega, Denise. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Vega, Denise.
ISBN: 9780375848193 (trade), 9780375948190 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Midwives, Pregnancy, Mothers and daughters, Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Kat, whose mother is a home-birth midwife, feels betrayed when a popular, beautiful classmate gets pregnant and forms a bond with Kat's mother that Kat herself never had.

It's a mall world after all

Rallison, Janette, 1966- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Rallison, Janette, 1966-
ISBN: 080278853X, 9780802788535
Year: 2006
Subjects: High schools, Schools, Interpersonal relations, Shopping malls, Fiction
While working at the mall, organizing a school fundraiser, and trying to prove that her best friend's boyfriend is seeing another girl, high-school student Charlotte's best intentions always seem to backfire.

True love, the sphinx, and other unsolvable riddles

O'Connell, Tyne. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: O'Connell, Tyne.
ISBN: 9781599900506, 1599900505
Year: 2007
Subjects: Best friends, School field trips, Love, Egypt, Fiction
While on a class trip in Egypt, two teenaged best friends from an American private boys' school and two teenaged best friends from a British private girls' school meet each other, and must endure many misunderstandings on their path to true love.

House of Dance

Kephart, Beth. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Kephart, Beth.
ISBN: 9780061429286 (trade bdg.), 9780061429293 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Ballroom dancing, Mothers and daughters, Grandfathers, Cancer, Fiction
During one of her daily visits across town to visit her dying grandfather, fifteen-year-old Rosie discovers a dance studio that helps her find a way to bring her family members together.

Girl, hero

Jones, Carrie. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jones, Carrie.
ISBN: 9780738710518
Year: 2008
Subjects: Self-reliance, Interpersonal relations, High schools, Schools, Family problems, Letters, Wayne, John, Juvenile fiction, Fiction

I know it's over

Martin, C. K. Kelly. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Martin, C. K. Kelly.
ISBN: 9780375845673 (pbk.), 9780375845666 (trade), 9780375945663 (lib. bdg)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Love, Pregnancy, Interpersonal relations, Sex, Emotional problems, Divorce, High schools, Schools, Canada, Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Nick, still trying to come to terms with his parents' divorce, experiences exhilaration and despair in his relationship with his girlfriend Sasha especially when, after instigating a trial separation, she announces that she is pregnant.

Jet set

Karasyov, Carrie, 1972- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Karasyov, Carrie, 1972-, Kargman, Jill
ISBN: 9780061431777 (trade bdg.), 9780061431784 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Boarding schools, Schools, Tennis, Social classes, Interpersonal relations, Wealth, Switzerland, Fiction
Lucy Peterson, the daughter of a career Army man, has always been devoted to academics and tennis, but when her tennis ability wins her a scholarship to an elite Swiss boarding school, distractions abound and her hardest task is telling friend from foe.

Iron Jaw and Hummingbird

Roberson, Chris. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Roberson, Chris.
ISBN: 9780670062362 (hardcover)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Life on other planets, Science fiction, Revolutionaries, Conduct of life, Mars (Planet), Fiction
In a far future in which Mars is controlled by the Chinese, teens Gamine and Huang, one the leader of a sham religious movement, the other chief tactician of a gang of bandits, form an unlikely alliance to fight the corrupt government that has determined their lives.

The Juliet club

Harper, Suzanne. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Harper, Suzanne.
ISBN: 9780061366918 (trade bdg.), 9780061366925 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Letters, Shakespeare, William, Verona (Italy), Italy, Fiction
When high school junior Kate wins an essay contest that sends her to Verona, Italy, to study Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" over the summer, she meets both American and Italian students and learns not just about Shakespeare, but also about star-crossed lovers--and herself.

Unraveling

Baldini, Michelle. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Baldini, Michelle., Biederman, Lynn
ISBN: 9780385735407 (trade), 9780385905213 (library)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Family problems, Friendship, Self-esteem, High schools, Schools, Jews, Mothers and daughters, Fiction
When fifteen-year-old Amanda faces major life changes, her controlling mother is the last person she turns to, but she gains some sympathy as she begins to understand her mother's relationship with her best friend.

Girlwood

Dean, Claire. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Dean, Claire.
ISBN: 0618883908, 9780618883905
Year: 2008
Subjects: Grandmothers, Conservation of natural resources, Runaways, Idaho, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
When Polly Greene's older sister Bree runs away from home, Polly and her eccentric grandmother believe she is hiding in the neighboring Idaho woods, and when they discover a mysterious, hidden grove of larches, Polly and her friends build a shelter for Bree and try to save the grove from developers.

Fancy white trash

Geerling, Marjetta. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Geerling, Marjetta.
ISBN: 9780670010820 (hdbk.), 0670010820 (hdbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Homosexuality, Best friends, Friendship, Family problems, Arizona, Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Abby Savage hopes that her five rules for falling in love will keep her from making the same mistakes as her mother and two older sisters--all unwed mothers who have slept with the same man, among others--while she also tries to help her best friend Cody admit that he is gay, and decide how she really feels about Cody's older brother, Jackson.

Sisters of Misery

Hall, Megan Kelley. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Hall, Megan Kelley.
ISBN: 9780758226792 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Cliques (Sociology), Popularity, High schools, Schools, Cousins, Fiction
When the Sisters of Misery, a secret clique of the most popular, powerful girls in school, unleash their wrath on her beautiful cousin Cordelia, Maddie Crane must choose between Cordelia and the allure of this elite club.

This is what I want to tell you

Duffy-Stone, Heather, 1977- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Duffy-Stone, Heather, 1977-
ISBN: 9780738714509
Year: 2009
Subjects: Friendship, Brothers and sisters, Twins, Interpersonal relations, Best friends, Fiction
The close relationship between teenaged twins Noelle and Nadio and best friend Keeley changes over the summer when Nadio and Keeley fall in love and lonely Noelle meets fascinating--and very tattooed--Parker.

Dream journal

Schreck, Karen Halvorsen, 1962- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Schreck, Karen Halvorsen, 1962-
ISBN: 1423101057, 9781423101055
Year: 2006
Subjects: Best friends, Friendship, Mothers and daughters, Diaries, Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Olivia, facing the impending death of her mother from cancer, records her thoughts in a journal as she grapples with the changing behavior of her best friend and her own desire to run away from all of her problems.

How to ruin my teenage life

Elkeles, Simone. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Elkeles, Simone.
ISBN: 9780738710198 (pbk.), 0738710199 (pbk.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Israelis, Interpersonal relations, Schools, Fathers and daughters, Identity, Jews, United States, Chicago (Ill.), Fiction
Living with her Israeli father in Chicago, seventeen-year-old Amy Nelson-Barak feels like a walking disaster, worried about her "non-boyfriend" in the Israeli army, her mother, new stepfather, and the baby they are expecting, a new boy named Nathan who has moved into her apartment building and goes to her school, and whether or not she really is the selfish snob that Nathan says she is.

Like a thorn

Vidal, Clara. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Vidal, Clara., Maudet, Y
ISBN: 9780385735643, 0385735642, 9780385905527 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Mental illness, Mothers and daughters, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Problem families, Emotional problems, Family problems, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Throughout her childhood, Melie believes her mother is two people--Rosy Mother and Dark Mother--and she performs more and more rituals to keep Dark Mother away as she reaches adolescence, when she begins to realize that her mother is mentally ill and that Melie may be, as well.

The way

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
ISBN: 9781581960624 (hbk.), 158196062X (hbk.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Self-confidence, Abenaki Indians, Martial arts, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Cody LeBeau is the new kid at school and the new target for the bullies. He's Abenaki, like most of the school, but still doesn't fit in. Things begin to change when his uncle comes to town for a martial arts competition and he and Cody begin training together.

Life is fine

Whittenberg, Allison. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Whittenberg, Allison.
ISBN: 9780385734806 (trade), 0385734808 (trade), 9780385904780 (lib. ed.), 0385904789 (lib. ed.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Child abuse, Mothers and daughters, Interpersonal relations, Philadelphia (Pa.), Juvenile fiction, Fiction
With a neglectful mother who has an abusive, live-in boyfriend, life for fifteen-year-old Samara is not fine, but when a substitute teacher walks into class one day and introduces her to poetry, she starts to view life from a different perspective.

A little friendly advice

Vivian, Siobhan. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Vivian, Siobhan.
ISBN: 9780545004046, 0545004047, 9780545004053 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Divorce, Interpersonal relations, Photography, Friendship, Family secrets, Secrets, Akron (Ohio), Juvenile fiction, Fiction
When Ruby's divorced father shows up unexpectedly on her sixteenth birthday, the week that follows is full of confusing surprises, including discovering that her best friend has been keeping secrets from her, her mother has not been truthful about the past, and life is often complicated.

Artichoke's heart

Supplee, Suzanne. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Supplee, Suzanne.
ISBN: 9780525479024, 0525479023
Year: 2008
Subjects: Overweight persons, Weight control, Self-esteem, Interpersonal relations, Mothers and daughters, High schools, Schools, Tennessee, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Young adult fiction
When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.

Paisley Hanover acts out

Tuttle, Cameron. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Tuttle, Cameron., Arnold, Alli
ISBN: 9780803733442, 9780803732865 (pbk.), 0803732864 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Cliques (Sociology), Popularity, Peer pressure, Self-perception, High schools, Schools, Fiction
When Pleasant Hill High School sophomore Paisley Hanover becomes disgusted with her school's social hierarchy, she starts writing a newspaper column under the name "Miss UnPleasant," and it shakes things up more than she ever expected.

The year Nick McGowan came to stay

Sparrow, Rebecca, 1972- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sparrow, Rebecca, 1972-
ISBN: 9780375845703 (trade), 9780375945700 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: High schools, Schools, Interpersonal relations, Australia, Fiction
In her final year of high school in 1989, Australian teenager Rachel has her world turned upside down when the most popular (and disturbed) boy in school comes to live with her family for a semester.

Underground

Ferris, Jean, 1939- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Ferris, Jean, 1939-
ISBN: 0374372438, 9780374372439
Year: 2007
Subjects: Slavery, Underground Railroad, Caves, 1792-1865, Mammoth Cave (Ky.), Kentucky, Fiction, History
In 1839, Charlotte Brown is sold north to Kentucky, where she becomes a maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, falls in love with one of the tour guides there, and gets involved in the Underground Railroad.

Rose by any other name

McCarthy, Maureen, 1953- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: McCarthy, Maureen, 1953-
ISBN: 9781596433724, 1596433728
Year: 2008
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology), Problem families, Interpersonal relations, Automobile travel, Family life, Family problems, Australia, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
During a road trip with her mother from Melbourne to Fairy Point, Australia, to see her dying grandmother, nineteen-year-old Rose gains a new perspective on events of the previous year, when family problems, the end of a long-term friendship, and bad personal choices dramatically transformed her near-perfect life.

How to be bad

Lockhart, E. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Lockhart, E., Mlynowski, Sarah, Myracle, Lauren
ISBN: 9780061284229 (trade bdg.), 9780061284236 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Automobile travel, Best friends, Friendship, Fiction
Told in alternating voices, Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, hoping to leave all their worries and woes behind, escape their small town by taking a road trip to Miami.

Venomous

Krovatin, Christopher. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Krovatin, Christopher., Yates, Kelly
ISBN: 9781416924876, 1416924876
Year: 2008
Subjects: Emotional problems, Single-parent families, Brothers, Interpersonal relations, Anger, New York (N.Y.), Fiction
Since age eight, New York City high school junior Locke Vinetti has experienced bouts of overpowering anger, but now that he has friends who accept him and a true girlfriend, "the venom" threatens to destroy all that he loves.

Geek magnet

Scott, Kieran, 1974- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Scott, Kieran, 1974-
ISBN: 9780399247606
Year: 2008
Subjects: Theater, High schools, Schools, Dating (Social customs), Musicals, Fiction
Seventeen-year-old KJ Miller is determined to lose the label of "geek magnet" and get the guy of her dreams, all while stage managing the high school musical, with the help of the most popular girl in school.

The ghosts of Kerfol

Noyes, Deborah. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Noyes, Deborah.
ISBN: 9780763630003 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Supernatural, Haunted houses, Ghosts, Fiction
Over the centuries, the inhabitants of author Edith Wharton's fictional mansion, Kerfol, are haunted by the ghosts of dead dogs, fractured relationships, and the bitter taste of revenge.

Gamer girl

Mancusi, Marianne. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Mancusi, Marianne.
ISBN: 9780525479956, 0525479953
Year: 2008
Subjects: Fantasy games, Role playing, Comic books, strips, etc, High schools, Schools, Moving, Household, Children of divorced parents, Divorce, Cartoons and comics, Massachusetts, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Struggling to fit in after her parents' divorce sends her from Boston to her grandmother's house in the country, sixteen-year-old Maddy forms a manga club at school and falls in love through an online fantasy game.

Shine, coconut moon

Meminger, Neesha. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Meminger, Neesha.
ISBN: 9781416954958, 1416954953
Year: 2009
Subjects: East Indian Americans, Sikhs, High schools, Schools, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Family, Prejudices, Fiction
In the days and weeks following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Samar, who is of Punjabi heritage but has been raised with no knowledge of her past by her single mother, wants to learn about her family's history and to get in touch with the grandparents her mother shuns.

Cheated

Jones, Patrick, 1961- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jones, Patrick, 1961-
ISBN: 9780802796998, 0802796990
Year: 2008
Subjects: Murder, Betrayal, Family problems, Interpersonal relations, High schools, Schools, Michigan, Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Mick recalls a series of betrayals and other life-changing events in his broken home, during the break-up with his girlfriend, and at school, that led to his arrest for murder.

Undine

Russon, Penni. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Russon, Penni.
ISBN: 0060793899 (trade), 0060793902 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2006
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Magic, Fathers and daughters, Ocean, Conduct of life, Australia, Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Undine, hearing her presumably deceased father calling to her and feeling a strange force growing inside her, travels to the sea to discover the depths of her magical powers.

In the space left behind

Ackermann, Joan. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Ackermann, Joan.
ISBN: 9780060722555 (trade bdg.), 006072255X (trade bdg.), 9780060722562 (lib. bdg.), 0060722568 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Abandoned children, Travel, Fathers and sons, Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Colm embarks on a cross-country journey with the father who abandoned him as a child.

Pretty face

Hogan, Mary, 1957- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Hogan, Mary, 1957-
ISBN: 0060841117 (trade bdg.), 9780060841126 (lib. bdg.), 0060841125 (lib. bdg.), 9780060841119 (trade bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Dating (Social customs), Self-acceptance, Overweight persons, Santa Monica (Calif.), Italy, Fiction
When an overweight high school student from Santa Monica spends the summer in Italy, she learns to relish life and understand the true meaning of beauty.

Prom kings and drama queens

Cirrone, Dorian. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Cirrone, Dorian.
ISBN: 9780061143724 (trade bdg.), 9780061143731 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Conduct of life, Proms, High schools, Schools, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.), Fiction
When high school junior Emily Bennet is caught between a new relationship with the boy of her dreams and planning an alternative prom with her longtime rival on the student newspaper, it forces her to think about her values and make a difficult decision.

The year my sister got lucky

Friedman, Aimee. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Friedman, Aimee.
ISBN: 9780439922272 (alk. paper), 0439922275 (alk. paper)
Year: 2008
Subjects: City and town life, Country life, Friendship, Sisters, Moving, Household, New York (State), New York, New York (N.Y.), Fiction
When fourteen-year-old Katie and her older sister, Michaela, move from New York City to upstate New York, Katie is horrified by the country life-style but is even more shocked when her sister adapts effortlessly, enjoying their new life, unlike Katie.

Imaginary enemy

Gonzalez, Julie, 1958- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Gonzalez, Julie, 1958-
ISBN: 9780385735520 (trade), 0385735529 (trade), 9780385905305 (Gibraltar lib. bdg.), 0385905300 (Gibraltar lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Responsibility, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Although her impetuous behavior, smart-mouthed comments, and slacker ways have landed her in trouble over the years, sixteen-year-old Jane has always put the blame on her "imaginary enemy," until a new development forces her to decide whether or not to assume responsibility for her actions.

Sophomore undercover

Esch, Benjamin. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Esch, Benjamin.
ISBN: 1423113039 (reinforced bdg.), 9781423113034 (reinforced bdg.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Schools, Vietnamese Americans, Orphans, Mystery and detective stories, Journalism, Reporters and reporting, High schools, Fiction
Despite obstacles, high school reporter Dixie Nguyen, an adopted Vietnamese orphan, doggedly investigates a drug scandal that may extend far beyond the football team.

Lovingly Alice

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
ISBN: 068984400X (pbk.)
Year: 2006
Subjects: Friendship, Single-parent families, Family life, Schools, Menstruation, Sex, Maryland, Fiction
Fifth grade is tumultuous for Alice as she tries to help herself and others through the many changes occurring at home and in school, including learning about sex when Rosalind gets her period.

The remarkable life and times of Eliza Rose

Hooper, Mary, 1948- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Hooper, Mary, 1948-
ISBN: 1582348545, 9781582348544
Year: 2006
Subjects: Identity, Identity (Psychology), Gwyn, Nell, 17th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, London (England), Great Britain, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, History
Thrown out of her home by her stepmother in 1670, fifteen-year-old Eliza Rose becomes a companion to Nell Gwyn, a mistress of Charles II, and learns a surprising truth about her parentage.

A field guide to high school

Walsh, Marissa, 1972- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Walsh, Marissa, 1972-
ISBN: 9780385734103, 0385734107, 0385904274, 9780385904278
Year: 2007
Subjects: High schools, Schools, Interpersonal relations, Sisters, Humorous stories, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Andie and her best friend Bess read through a manual Andie's Yale-bound sister wrote for her, which is filled with tips and tricks for excelling at Plumstead Country Day high school where Andie is about to be a freshman.

Dope sick

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
ISBN: 9780061214776 (trade bdg.), 9780061214783 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: African Americans, Supernatural, Conduct of life, Drug abuse, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Fiction
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.

The red shoe

Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961-
ISBN: 9781596432659 (hbk.), 1596432659 (hbk.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Families, Spies, Sisters, Family problems, 20th century, Australia, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, History, Spy stories
Three sisters growing up in post-World War II Sydney, Australia, deal with their mentally unstable father, their possibly unfaithful mother, and the defecting Russian spy who lives next door.

Project 17

Stolarz, Laurie Faria, 1972- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Stolarz, Laurie Faria, 1972-
ISBN: 9780786838561, 0786838566
Year: 2007
Subjects: Psychiatric hospitals, Haunted places, Motion pictures, Interpersonal relations, Horror stories, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Production and direction
When six high school students sneak into an abandoned mental institution to make a film about their night there, they do not expect the inexplicable and terrifying events that keep occuring within the crumbling, maze-like building, causing them to question themselves and, ultimately, to make different choices about the course of their lives.

The deep freeze of Bartholomew Tullock

Williams, Alex, 1969- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Williams, Alex, 1969-
ISBN: 9780399251856
Year: 2008
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Weather, Fans (Machinery), Inventions, Dogs, Fiction
In a land of never-ending snow, Rufus Breeze and his mother must protect the family home from being seized by tyrant Bartholomew Tullock, while sister Madeline and her father, an inventor of fans that are now useless, join forces with a ne'er-do-well adventurer and his blue-haired terrier, hoping to make some money.

Oh my goth!

Showalter, Gena. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Showalter, Gena.
ISBN: 1416524746 (pbk.), 9781416524748 (pbk.)
Year: 2006
Subjects: Virtual reality, Teenage girls, Goths, Fiction

The innocent's story

Singer, Nicky, 1956- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Singer, Nicky, 1956-
ISBN: 0823420825 (hardcover), 9780823420827 (hardcover)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Future life, Faith, Terrorism, Fanaticism, Death, Supernatural, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Thirteen-year-old Cassina Dixon narrates her existence after being killed in a terrorist bombing, when, as a "para-spirit," she passes through a series of hosts, including the bomber and the religious zealot who would force him to kill again.

Jolted

Slade, Arthur G. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Slade, Arthur G.
ISBN: 9780385747004 (hc), 9780385909440 (lib. bdg.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Lightning, Boarding schools, Schools, Fiction
Many of Newton Starker's ancestors, including his mother, have been killed by lightning strikes, so when he enrolls at the eccentric Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he tries to be a model student so that he can avoid the same fate.

Bullyville

Prose, Francine, 1947- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Prose, Francine, 1947-
ISBN: 9780060574987 (lib. bdg.), 0060574984 (lib. bdg.), 0060574976, 9780060574970
Year: 2007
Subjects: Death, Grief, Bullies, Preparatory schools, Schools, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, New Jersey, Fiction
After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center on 9/11, thirteen-year-old Bart, still struggling with his feelings of guilt, sorrow and loss, wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully whose cruelty compounds the aftermath of the tragedy.

Lessons from a dead girl

Knowles, Johanna 1970- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Knowles, Johanna 1970-
ISBN: 9780763632793 (alk. paper), 0763632791 (alk. paper)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Guilt, Interpersonal relations, Friendship, Emotional problems, Sexual abuse victims, Fiction
After her former friend Leah dies in an automobile accident, Laine remembers their troubled relationship, dating back to elementary school when Leah convinced Laine to "practice" in the closet with her, and Leah controlled her every thought.

Cycler

McLaughlin, Lauren. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: McLaughlin, Lauren.
ISBN: 9780375851919, 9780375951916 (lib. bdg.), 9780375851926 (pbk.), 9780375851933 (mass-market pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Family problems, High schools, Schools, Sex, Interpersonal relations, Massachusetts, Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Jill is a fairly normal high school senior whose focus is on getting a certain boy to ask her to prom, but four days a month she transforms into surly Jack who decides it is time he had his own life and a chance with the girl he wants.

The king's rose

Libby, Alisa M. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Libby, Alisa M.
ISBN: 9780525479703
Year: 2009
Subjects: Kings, queens, rulers, etc, Henry, Catharine Howard, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Great Britain, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, History
Catharine Howard recounts the events in her life that led to her being groomed for marriage at the age of fifteen to King Henry VIII, her failure to produce an heir to the throne, and her quick execution.

Alis

Rich, Naomi. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Rich, Naomi.
ISBN: 9780670011254 (hardcover)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Religion, Assertiveness (Psychology), Arranged marriage, Runaways, Fiction
Raised within the strict religious confines of the Community of the Book, Alis flees from an arranged marriage to the much older Minister of her town and her life takes a series of unexpected twists before she returns to accept her fate.

The Hanging Woods

Sanders, Scott Loring. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sanders, Scott Loring.
ISBN: 9780618881253
Year: 2008
Subjects: Friendship, Murder, Country life, 1951-, Alabama, Fiction, History
In rural Alabama during the summer of 1975, three teenaged boys build a treehouse, try to keep a headless turkey alive, and become involved in a murder mystery.

Fake boyfriend

Brian, Kate, 1974- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Brian, Kate, 1974-
ISBN: 9781416913672, 141691367X
Year: 2007
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Dating (Social customs), Mistaken identity, High schools, Schools, Friendship, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Young adult fiction
When Lane and Vivi's best friend Isabelle has her heart broken by her unreliable boyfriend, they decide to save her by inventing a new boy on the Internet to ask Isabelle to the prom, but the scheme quickly becomes complicated, and the results surprise them all.

Get well soon

Halpern, Julie, 1975- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Halpern, Julie, 1975-
ISBN: 0312367953, 9780312367954
Year: 2007
Subjects: Mental illness, Self-perception, Psychiatric hospitals, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
When her parents confine her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenaged girl, who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend.

Poison ink

Golden, Christopher. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Golden, Christopher.
ISBN: 9780385904810 (library), 9780385734837 (trade)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Tattooing, Best friends, Friendship, Fiction
Best friends Sammi, Caryn, T.Q., Letty, and Katsuko decide to get tattoos as a sign of the special bond among them, but when Sammi nervously backs out, she begins to realize that the group's friendship is thrown into jeopardy.

Ivy

Hearn, Julie, 1958- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Hearn, Julie, 1958-
ISBN: 9781416925064, 1416925066
Year: 2008
Subjects: Pre-Raphaelites, Drug abuse, Criminals, Assertiveness (Psychology), Artists, 19th century, Victoria, 1837-1901, London (England), Great Britain, Fiction, History
In mid-nineteenth-century London, young, mistreated, and destitute Ivy, whose main asset is her beautiful red hair, comes to the attention of an aspiring painter of the pre-Raphaelite school of artists who, with the connivance of Ivy's unsavory family, is determined to make her his model and muse.

The other side of the island

Goodman, Allegra. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Goodman, Allegra.
ISBN: 9781595141958, 9781595141965 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Science fiction
Born in the eighth year of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor and her friend Helix, another "Unpredictable," to uncover a terrible secret about their Island and the Corporation that runs everything.

Viola in reel life

Trigiani, Adriana. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Trigiani, Adriana.
ISBN: 9780061451027 (trade bdg.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Boarding schools, Schools, Video recordings, Dating (Customs), Interpersonal relations, Self-reliance, Ghosts, Indiana, Fiction, Production and direction
When fourteen-year-old Viola is sent from her beloved Brooklyn to boarding school in Indiana for ninth grade, she overcomes her initial reservations as she makes friends with her roommates, goes on a real date, and uses the unsettling ghost she keeps seeing as the subject of a short film--her first.

Nick of time

Bell, Ted. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Bell, Ted., Kramer, Russ
ISBN: 9780312581435 (pbk.), 0312581432 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Pirates, Kidnapping, Rescues, Time travel, Adventure and adventurers, Fantasy, Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Churchill, Winston, Channel Islands, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue the two children as well as change the course of events in two time periods.

Dishes

Wallace, Rich. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Wallace, Rich.
ISBN: 9780670011391 (hardcover)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Fathers and sons, Dating (Social customs), Homosexuality, Maine, Fiction
Nineteen-year-old Danny spends an eventful summer in Maine, looking for romance, working as a "straight" dishwasher in a gay bar, and trying to reconnect with his estranged father.

The Temptress four

Triana, Gaby. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Triana, Gaby.
ISBN: 9780060885670 (trade bdg.), 9780060885687 (lib.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Best friends, Friendship, Coming of age, Fortune telling, Caribbean Area, Fiction
Four best friends embark on a Caribbean cruise the day after high school graduation, despite a fortune-teller's ominous warning of strife and storms ahead.

Troll Bridge

Yolen, Jane. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Yolen, Jane., Stemple, Adam
ISBN: 0765314266 (trade bdg.), 9780765314260
Year: 2006
Subjects: Fairy tales, Musicians, Adaptations, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
Sixteen-year-old harpist prodigy Moira is transported to a strange and mystical wilderness, where she finds herself in the middle of a deadly struggle between a magical fox and a monstrous troll.

The night my sister went missing

Plum-Ucci, Carol, 1957- — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Plum-Ucci, Carol, 1957-
ISBN: 9780152047580, 0152047581
Year: 2006
Subjects: Missing children, Incest, City and town life, Gossip, Secrets, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
When his sister goes missing under mysterious circumstances, seventeen-year-old Kurt spends a night at the local police station overhearing statements from a variety of witnesses that reveal the deep prejudices and shocking secrets of his small beach community.

Playing with matches

Katcher, Brian. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Katcher, Brian.
ISBN: 9780385735445
Year: 2008
Subjects: Friendship, Beauty, Personal, High schools, Schools, Disfigured persons, Dating (Social customs), Missouri, Fiction
While trying to find a girl who will date him, Missouri high school junior Leon Sanders befriends a lonely, disfigured female classmate.

Torn to pieces

McDonnell, Margot. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: McDonnell, Margot.
ISBN: 9780385735599 (hdbk.), 9780385905428 (Gibraltar lib. bdg.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Friendship, Mothers and daughters, Grandparents, Secrets, Missing persons, Fiction
When her mother disappears during a business trip, seventeen-year-old Anne discovers that her family harbors many dark secrets.