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Laugh Out Loud Reads for Teens

Fiction
The Adrian Mole diaries : The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 : the Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
by Sue Townsend

Shares the observations of Adrian Mole, a thirteen-year-old budding intellectual, as he reveals his trials and tribulations through diary entries. First of a series.
Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging : confessions of Georgia Nicolson
by Louise Rennison

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.
Beauty queens
by Libba Bray

When the 50 contestants of the Miss Teen Dream Pageant crash on a desert island, the young beauty queens struggle between survival efforts and denial while hoping for rescue and encountering a band of handsome pirates. By the Printz Award-winning author of Going Bovine.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella

Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist at Successful Savings, seeks solace from the boredom, pressures, and difficulties in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her ever closer to financial disaster, until she finally encounters a story that she actually cares about and produces an article that will change her own life and the lives of all those around her.
Girl 15, charming but insane
by Sue Limb

Saddled with beautiful Fiona as a best friend, Jess Jordan launches a campaign to get her would-be soul mate Ben to notice her, and instead brings on a cavalcade of mortification and disaster, not the least of which is a minestrone explosion in her bra and a school-wide viewing of a videotape that features a topless Jess referring to her breasts and Bonnie and Clyde.
I am a genius of unspeakable evil and I want to be your class president
by Josh Lieb

Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid and lazy, but he is actually a very wealthy evil genius, and when he decides to run for seventh-grade class president, nothing will stand in his way
Notes from a totally lame vampire : because the undead have feelings too!
by Tim Collins

Nigel Mullet, who became a vampire at the very awkward age of 15, does not have the supernatural strength or speed of his family members, but he did win the girl, Della Sparrow.
Sidekicks
by Jack D. Ferraiolo

Scott Hutchinson has an alternate identity as Bright Boy, the sidekick of Phantom Justice, but with the help of his rival sidekick, Monkeywrench, Scott begins to question whether Phantom Justice is really a hero, which leads to a dangerous confrontation
The strictest school in the world : being the tale of a clever girl, a rubber boy and a collection of flying machines, mostly broken
by Howard Whitehouse

Sent to St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies to be cured of her unladylike behavior, fourteen-year-old budding aviatrix Emmaline Cayley is trapped in a terrifying place where a dark force keeps the students in line, forcing her to face her greatest fear so that she can make her escape.
Swim the fly
by Don Calame

In addition to the pact he makes with his best friends to see a naked girl by the end of summer, Matt Gratton sets himself the goal of impressing the star of the swim team, Kelly West, by swimming the one hundred-yard butterfly
Thwonk
by Joan Bauer

A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love
Yotsuba&!
by Kiyohiko Azuma

Presents the exploits of Yotsuba, a young girl of alien origins who has been adopted by a single father, as she befuddles friends and neighbors and learns about life
Nonfiction
Awkward Family Photos
by Mike Bender

A laugh-out-loud treasury of photographs culled from the hit website, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, showcases cringe-inducing examples of family bonding and is accompanied by captions and stories describing everything from teen angst to vacations from hell.
Crap : how to deal with annoying teachers, bosses, backstabbers, and other stuff that stinks
by Erin Elisabeth Conley

Helpful tips and practical advice is provided in a guide for teens dealing with common frustrations and issues, such as handling a difficult teacher and managing shallow friends. By the author of Crush: A Girl's Guide to Being Crazy in Love.


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