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Annie on my mind
by Nancy Garden
Liza begins to doubt her feelings for Annie after someone finds out about their relationship, and realizes, after starting college, that her denial of love for Annie was a mistake. Reprint.
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Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before
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Code name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage and great courage as she relates what she must do to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
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Dash & Lily's book of dares
by Rachel Cohn
In a story told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmastime in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find
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Found
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time
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The impossible knife of memory
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hayley Kincain and her father move back to their hometown to try a "normal" life, but the horrors he saw in the Iraq War threaten to destroy their lives
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No place
by Todd Strasser
Rendered homeless by circumstances beyond his family's control, Dan is forced to move to Tent City, where he begins fighting for better conditions only to be targeted by an adversary who wants to destroy the impoverished region
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Num8ers
by Rachel Ward
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned.
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Period 8
by Chris Crutcher
Dutifully telling the truth despite the trouble it causes for him, Paulie discovers that finding the truth can be even more problematic while attending Period 8, a class where truth-telling is encouraged but where a lying bully hides among the students. By the award-winning author of Deadline. 75,000 first printing.
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Reality Boy
by A. S. King
Haunted by his past as a child reality television celebrity, teen Gerald Faust struggles with violent anger that has relegated him to a very lonely world and the special education program at school, where he starts to feel dangerously close to snapping--until he chooses to create possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of Please Ignore Vera Dietz. 25,000 first printing.
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The rules of survival
by Nancy Werlin
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother. By the author of The Killer's Cousin. Jr Lib Guild. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
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Second impact
by Perri Klass
When Jerry Downing, the star high school quarterback in a small football town, gets a second chance after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident the year before, Carla Jensen, ace reporter for the school newspaper, invites him to join her in writing a blog, mainly about sports.
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Twenty boy summer
by Sarah Ockler
While on vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best friends Anna and Frankie conspire to find a boy for Anna's first kiss, but Anna harbors a painful secret that threatens their lighthearted plan and friendship
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We were liars
by E. Lockhart
A modern, sophisticated suspense tale by the National Book Award finalist author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks follows the revolutionary activities of four friends who turn against each other in the wake of trauma, differing political views and a devastating secret. Simultaneous eBook.
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Fatal fever : tracking down Typhoid Mary
by Gail Jarrow
Chronicles the story of the infamous carrier of typhoid who worked as a cook, unknowingly exposing thousands of people to the deadly disease, and the efforts of three pioneering individuals to trace the outbreak to its source. 10,000 first printing.
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