Lighter Teen Reads
2017
MS = Middle School Readers                       HS = High School Readers
I represent Sean Rosen (MS)
by Jeff Baron

In this very funny tween novel, a debut for playwright Jeff Baron, Sean Rosen pretends to be a grown-up as well as his own manager and sells a movie idea to a major motion picture studio—via Skype—all while enduring the ups and downs of life in middle school. 
Best. Night. Ever : a story told from seven points of view (MS)
by Jen Malone

A lighthearted novel written by seven authors about a group of classmates preparing for their middle-school dance describes how five students prepare to make the most of an epic night while two consider sacrificing anything to go.
Slider (MS)
by Pete Hautman

Entering the world's greatest pizza-eating contest after secretly putting thousands of dollars onto his mother's credit card, a young competitive eater finds his efforts complicated by family denial about his younger brother's autism.
Galgorithm (HS)
by Aaron Karo

Working as an underground matchmaker for his hapless classmates, Shane struggles with his own broken heart and hangs out with his best friend, Jennifer, before deciding to apply his own advice to find true love before graduation. By the author of Lexapros and Cons. Simultaneous eBook.
Evil librarian (HS)
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. 
Boy meets boy (HS)
by David Levithan

When Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when things take a turn for the worse and Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more, in a tale about the ups, downs, and dramas of teen relationships. Reprint.
Randoms (MS)
by David Liss

Randomly selected to represent humanity for a year on a massive intergalactic space station, Zeke Reynolds, a science-fiction superfan, is wrongly labeled a war criminal before teaming up with fellow randoms to save Earth from dangerous enemies.
When Dimple met Rishi (HS)
by Sandhya Menon

A heartfelt romantic comedy told from the alternating perspectives of two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged their marriage follows the efforts of one to distance herself from the agreement and the other to woo his intended during a summer program they are attending together. 
First & then (HS)
by Emma Mills

High school student Devon's contented life on the sidelines is disrupted by her placement in a gym class with her misfit football player cousin and the team's obnoxious but attractive star running back. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
Dumplin' (HS)
by Julie Murphy

Questioning her plus-sized body for the first time when an athletic boy appears to return her affections, Willowdean enters her city's beauty pageant and uses her sassy styles and talents to compete against thinner contestants. 
Anna and the French kiss (HS)
by Stephanie Perkins

When Anna is sent to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school, she reluctantly sets off; once there, she meets Étienne St. Clair, an amazing boy with whom she would like to be more than just friends--the only problem is that he's taken, as she might be as well if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.
Con Academy (HS)
by Joe Schreiber

Con man Will Shea may have met his match in scammer Andrea Dufresne as they make a high-stakes deal that will determine who gets to stay at Connaughton Academy, one of the most elite and privileged preparatory schools in the country, and who must leave. 
This is what happy looks like (HS)
by Jennifer E. Smith

When a young movie star accidentally sends a small-town girl an email about his pet pig, the two teens strike up a witty correspondence during which they share their views on everything without revealing their actual identities, an episode that causes a relationship to develop which ultimately transforms when the actor chooses the girl's hometown for the setting of his latest film. 
The secrets to ruling school without even trying (MS)
by Neil Swaab

Max Corrigan, self-proclaimed kid life coach, shares tongue-in-cheek advice for surviving middle school, from dealing with jocks and bullies to faking sickness. 100,000 first printing.
Popular a memoir : Vintage wisdom for a modern geek (MS/HS)
by Maya van Wagenen

Documents a high school student's year-long attempt to change her social status from that of a misfit to a member of the "in" crowd by following advice in a 1950s popularity guide, an experiment that triggered embarrassment, humor and unexpected surprises. A first book.