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American Library Association Quick Picks for Young Adults

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Don't Think Twice

Ruth Pennebaker Henry Holt and Co.

Biting humor with heart makes this a perfect paperback for teenage girls. Anne Harper, a seventeen-year-old with a hard-hitting, yet hilarious, sense of...

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Weeping Willow

Ruth White Aerial Fiction

Tiny Lambert struggles to find security and happiness when her high school years are marred after her stepfather rapes her.

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Cool Salsa

Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Hispanic in the United States

Edited by Lori M. Carlson; Introduction by Oscar Hijuelos Henry Holt and Co.

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms,...

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Who Said That?

Famous Americans Speak

Robert Burleigh; Illustrated by David Catrow Henry Holt and Co.

Have you ever stumbled upon a famous quote and thought, "Who said that?" Well, now you can find out in this amusing and informative introduction to quotes and...

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Frozen Man

David Getz; Illustrated by Peter McCarty Redfeather Book from Henry Holt

When an archaeologist examines a body found frozen in the Austrian Alps, he learns something extraordinary. The well-preserved body-- and the tools and...

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Whistle Me Home

Barbara Wersba Henry Holt and Co.

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Play Like a Girl

A Celebration of Women in Sports

Sue Macy and Jane Gottesman Henry Holt and Co.

It used to be that women and girls had to fight just to get a chance to compete on a track, or a soccer field, or basketball court. Now, female athletes are...

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Bad

Jean Ferris Aerial Fiction

Inspired by the author's work in a girls' rehabilitation center. Ray called it skating when we did the crazy things . . . Hot-wiring a fancy car for a...

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Dean Duffy

Randy Powell Sunburst Paperbacks

Just out of high school and already washed up?

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Letting Go of Bobby James

Or How I Found My Self of Steam

Valerie Hobbs Frances Foster Books

A heartwarming journey to self-discovery When sixteen-year-old Sally Jo Walker, known as Jody, is abandoned at a gas station by her husband after he hits...

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True Talents

David Lubar Starscape

It’s been over a year since fourteen-year-old Eddie “Trash” Thalmeyer and his friends from Edgeview Alternative School found out about their special hidden...

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Of Sound Mind

Jean Ferris Sunburst Paperbacks

A poignant novel partially set in a world of silence High school senior Theo is fluent in two languages: spoken English and sign. His parents and brother,...

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Dark Angel

David Klass Frances Foster Books

A taut psychological thriller for teens Seventeen-year-old Jeff thought he would never again have to deal with his older brother, a convicted murderer...

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No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row

Susan Kuklin Henry Holt and Co.

No Choirboy takes readers inside America’s prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices—raw and...

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Kaput and Zosky

Lewis Trondheim, illustrated by the author First Second

Would-be world conquerors Kaput and Zosky are at the pinnacle of their careers. So why does victory always slip from their grasp? On one planet the natives...

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Headlock

Joyce Sweeney Henry Holt and Co.

A killer combination of high-interest plot and unforgettable characters “All kinds of people. Little kids, a lot of men, even people your age come to the...

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Derby Girl

Shauna Cross Henry Holt and Co.

Meet Bliss Cavendar, a blue haired, indie-rock loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas. Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for...

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Make Lemonade

Virginia Euwer Wolff Square Fish

An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Viginia Euwer Wolff’s groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of...

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Twists and Turns

Janet McDonald Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR Paper

The Washington sisters make good in the ’hood It may have taken them an extra year or two to do it, but the Washington sisters finally graduated high...

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Captives

Tom Pow A Neal Porter Book

Martin and his family are enjoying a sun-filled vacation on a beautiful Caribbean island--until they are stopped at gunpoint, blindfolded, and bundled into a...

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Head Case

Sarah Aronson A Deborah Brodie Book

ONE MISTAKE. ONE BAD NIGHT. ONE TOO MANY DRINKS. A powerful and heartbreaking debut novel about a guy who had it all...until he drank that fifth beer and...

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Choices

Deborah Lynn Jacobs A Deborah Brodie Book

SHIFTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE REALITIES A teenage girl consumed by guilt over her brother's death tries to find a universe in which he is still alive. Sticky...

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