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Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly Y FICTION DON |
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiancée, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
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| Born
Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier FICTION DES |
Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.
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| Breaking
Point by Alexandra Flinn Y FICTION FLI |
Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive private school and falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using him.
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| Shattering
Glass by Gail Giles Y FICTION GIL |
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school
nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to
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The
Lottery |
Each
year a secret club at Saskatoon Collegiate holds a lottery to select a victim to be the club's gofer, and to be ostracized by the other students for the club's cruel pranks, and this year's winner is fifteen-year-old Sally Hanson. |
| Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon FICTION HAD |
After stumbling upon his neighbor's dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork and being blamed for the killing, fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone, an autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, decides to track down the real killer and turns to his detective hero to help him with the investigation, which brings him face to face with a family crisis.
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Stoner
and Spaz
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A
troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-
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| The
Grounding of Group 6 by Julian F. Thompson YA PAPERBACK THO |
Arriving at what they
believe is an exclusive school, five sixteen-year olds are unaware that they have been sent there to be exterminated and that their teacher is a murderer for hire. |
| Prince
of Shadow by Curt Benjamin FICTION BEN |
Sold
into slavery by the ruthless invaders who killed his father, Llesho
grows up on Pearl Island, trained as
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Tithe:
A Modern Faerie Tale
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Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. |
| Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson Y FICTION DIC |
When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.
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| The
Oracle Betrayed by Catherine Fisher Y FICTIONI FIS |
After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.
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| Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman FICTION GAI |
Richard Mayhew's life is changed forever after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself journeying into a mysterious world hidden deep under the city of London, a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction.
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| Sabriel by Garth Nix Y FICTION NIX |
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
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| A
College of Magicks by Caroline Stevemer FICTION STE |
Set an an alternative world, Faris Nallaneen is sent to Greenlaw College by her wicked Uncle Brinker where she learns magic and the value of friendship.
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| Changing
Fate by Elisabeth Waters YA PAPERBACK WAT |
In charge of running her absent father's keep, Lady Acila conceals a deep, dark secret--she is a shapechanger, a being feared and despised by the people of her world--until circumstances force her out into the world.
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Kissing
the Rain |
Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.
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In
Darkness, Death |
When
the Samurai Lord is murdered in his sleep while under the watch of the
Shogun, Judge Ooka and his young apprentice, Seikei, must use the only
clue left, a bloodstained origami butterfly, to track down the killer
and bring him to justice. |
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Are
You In the
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As the recipient of threatening notes and phone calls, a high school girl becomes aware that she is under constant observation. |
| The
Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci Y FICTION PLU |
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast. |
| Prowlers by Christopher Golden YA PAPERBACK GOL |
Nineteen-year-old Jack Dwyer is devastated when his best friend, Artie, is murdered, but his world is truly turned upside down when Artie's ghost appears to warn him about the deadly Prowlers--a gang of werewolves who prey on humans from city to city.
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| Blood
and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klaus FICTION PLU |
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.
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| Dragon
Tears by Dean R. Koontz FICTION KOO |
Harry Lyon, a decent cop struggling to remain rational in a crazy world, finds his sanity threatened after being forced to shoot a man and having a homeless stranger chant haunting words at him that predict his own death by dawn.
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| Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child FICTION PRE |
A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped? |
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Speak
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A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. |
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Feeling
Sorry for Celia
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This novel uses letters written between teenage friends, refrigerator notes from a crazy mother, and epistles that express the narrator's own internal feelings of self-doubt to weave this bittersweet coming of age story.
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| Angus,
Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison Y FICTION REN or Y PAPERBACK REN |
Presents
the humorous journal of a year in the life of a
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| What
My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones Y FICTION SON |
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right. |
| Three
Days Off by Susie Hoch Morgenstern Y FICTION MOR |
During
a three-day suspension for insulting a teacher, an apathetic French high school student meets diverse people who give him new insights into education and life. |
| Damage by A.M. Jenkins Y FICTION JEN |
Seventeen-year-old
football hero Austin, trying to understand the inexplicable depression
that has drained his interest in life, thinks that he has found relief
in a girl who seems very special. |
| The
Ring of the Slave Prince by Bjarne B. Reuter TEEN FICTION REU |
Fourteen-year-old
Tom O'Connor, a poor, adventurous, charming liar who lives with his mother
and half-sister at a tavern on the island of Nevis in 1639, rescues a
slave from drowning, learns he is a prince, and brings him home to Cape
Verde, hoping for a grand reward. |
| Fighting
Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak Y FICTION ZUS |
Partly because of their
family's poor finances and partly to prove themselves, brothers Ruben and Cameron take jobs as fighters and find themselves reacting very differently in the boxing ring. |
