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Light-Hearted (and some Dark-Hearted) Reads Sure to Make You Laugh
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My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand
A fantastical, comedic romance adventure inspired by the true story of Lady Jane Grey follows the experiences of a 16-year-old noblewoman who, on the eve of her marriage to a stranger, is swept up in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin.
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The boomerang effect
by Gordon Jack
Threatened with reform school unless he participates in a mentorship program after a prank gone awry, high school junior and resident stoner Lawrence counsels a highly intelligent Norwegian exchange student during a disastrous, chicken-themed homecoming week.
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The Haters
by Jesse Andrews
Forging a bond over musical chemistry and a shared disdain for phony pretenders, three young jazz artists escape their summer music camp and endeavor to escape the law long enough to establish themselves at a high-profile show. By the author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
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Scarlett Epstein hates it here
by Anna Breslaw
When her beloved television series is abruptly canceled, Scarlett finds herself without an outlet for her obsessive fan-fiction writing as her favorite message board slowly trickles into obscurity, a situation that forces her to experiment with a different form of writing about the people in her life and explore her real-world relationships.
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The Truth Commission : a novel
by Susan Juby
As a project for her "creative non-fiction module" at a school for the arts, Normandy Pale chronicles the work of the Truth Commission, through which she and her two best friends ask classmates and faculty about various open secrets, while Norm's famous sister reveals some very unsettling truths of her own
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Spontaneous
by Aaron Starmer
When seniors in her high school begin succumbing to baffling manifestations of spontaneous combustion, Mara observes the efforts of FBI agents to solve the mystery while she struggles to survive through graduation. By the author of the Riverman Trilogy.
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The scandalous sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
by Julie Berry
The students of St. Etheldreda's School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma: Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr. Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday dinner and now the school will almost certainly be closed and the girls sent home—unless these seven very proper young ladies can hide the murders and convince their neighbors that nothing is wrong.
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Dan versus nature
by Don Calame
The veteran screenwriter and author of Swim the Fly follows the story of a teen graphic novel artist whose mother sends him on a survivalist camping trip to bond with his soon-to-be-stepdad, a haphazard journey marked by pranks, his germaphobe best friend, an attractive girl and the loss of their guide.
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Spurt
by Chris Miles
A ninth-grader who is the last in his class to enter puberty tries to fake his way through in uproarious, cringe-worthy ways while his more developed friends pursue dating.
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Me and Earl and the dying girl : a novel
by Jesse Andrews
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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Withering tights
by Louise Rennison
Self-conscious about her knobby knees but confident in her acting ability, 14-year-old Tallulah Casey spends the summer at a Yorkshire performing arts camp that she is surprised to learn is for girls only, in the first book of a new series by the award-winning author of the Confessions of George Nicolson series.
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Relish : my life in the kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
A graphically illustrated, recipe-complemented memoir by the indie cartoonist author of French Milk describes her food-enriched youth as the daughter of a chef and a gourmet, key memories that were marked by special meals and the ways in which cooking has imparted valuable life lessons.
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The epic crush of Genie Lo
by F. C Yee
Sixteen-year-old Genie's focus on getting into a top-tier college is destroyed when an enigmatic transfer student, Quentin, helps her transform into a demon-fighter
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The rise and fall of a theater geek
by Seth Rudetsky
Sixteen-year-old Justin Goldblatt lands a dream internship with his favorite Broadway actor, but the Big Apple comes with big trouble when his friends stop speaking to him and someone starts sabotaging his hero
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This is just a test : a novel
by Madelyn Rosenberg
A lighthearted coming-of-age novel follows the social dilemmas of a Chinese-Jewish-American youth preparing for his upcoming bar mitzvah while dealing with the disapproval of his rivaling grandparents, his friends' respective obsessions and a crush who challenges his self-esteem.
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Me & Miranda Mullaly : a novel
by Jake Gerhardt
"The fates of three eighth grade boys converge in biology class one day, as each falls desperately in love with the same girl"
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Going bovine
by Libba Bray
In an attempt to find a cure after being diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old boy, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital
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Milo : sticky notes and brain freeze
by Alan Silberberg
Ever since his mother died, nothing has gone right for 13-year-old geek Milo Cruikshank, and his family and home just aren't the same, but Milo handles his frustrations with sincerity, humor and heart.
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Rabbit & Robot
by Andrew Smith
Stranded aboard the lunar cruise ship Tennessee, Cager Messer and his best friend, Billy, both sixteen, are surrounded by insane robots while watching thirty simultaneous wars turn Earth into a toxic wasteland
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Beauty queens
by Libba Bray
When a plane full of teenage beauty queens crashes on a desert island, stranding them away from tiaras and technology, their inherently competitive natures combine with the wild challenges they encounter in survival-testing and hilarious ways. By the author of the Gemma Doyle trilogy.
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Does my head look big in this?
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Year eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
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Evil librarian
by Michelle Knudsen
Feeling suspicious about a gorgeous high school librarian who has become the object of her best friend's affections, Cynthia discovers that the man is actually a demon who is sucking the life force from the entire student population. By the best-selling author of Library Lion.
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