The Market by J.M. Steele
Kate Winthop has always accepted her role as a smart but geeky girl with a good heart, but when she finds out she was ranked 71 out of 140 girls in the Millbank Social Stockmarket game, she enlists the help of her two best friends to transform her from “junk bond” to “blue chip” and win some money in the process.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
While skipping school, Markus is caught near the site of a vterrorist attack on San Francisco and is intensely interrogated for six days. After his release and the disappearance of his best friend, Markus vows to use his formidable technical skills to network teenagers and fight back against the government?s increasingly frightening surveillance system.
The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Since his father came out and his mother left, spiky-haired skateboarder Ben Campbell has gotten into trouble. In order to put him on the right path, his two dads move the family to rural Montana where city-born Ben finds animal carcasses, trucks, a tough country grandma, a cute farm girl, a town villain, and a troubled kid.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a futuristic America, a boy and a girl from each of twelve provinces are chosen lottery style each year to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised reality show where only one will emerge alive to earn wealth and extra food for their province. When 17-year-old Katniss Everdeen?s little sister is selected, Katniss volunteers to go in her place. Will she survive?
Homeboyz by Alan Sitomer
Instead of prison, Teddy Anderson, who was arrested while trying to avenge his sister?s accidental death from a gangrelated drive-by shooting, is sentenced to community service where he must mentor Micah, a 12-year-old gangsta wannabe.
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker
Mick Johnson lives and breathes football. But when lifting weights and taking vitamin supplements do not give him the edge he wants, he turns to steroids. Along with becoming bigger, faster and stronger, Mick must also deal with „roid rage, acne, and depression. When he realizes he?s cheated his way to stardom, he tries to quit but with dangerous results.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: a novel by E. Lockhart
Former ugly duckling Frankie Landau-Banks returns to her elite boarding school tired of being underestimated. She infiltrates her boyfriend?s all-male secret society and begins to orchestrate their elaborate pranks. The unexpected consequences could change her life forever.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, humorously looks back on his freshman year when he transferred from the reservation school to a nearby all-white school and dealt with racism, was viewed as a traitor to his community, lost his best friend, and coped with family deaths.
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Goth-girl Phoebe, her best friend Margi, childhood buddy Adam, and few others face opposition when they join an Undead Study to understand the zombies or “differently biotic” students who have begun attending their school; but when Phoebe begins to date one of the living impaired, the real trouble begins.
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