The A-list.  Zoey Dean

Seventeen-year-old blueblood Anna Percy leaves Manhattan to spend the second half of her senior year with her father in Los Angeles and quickly becomes involved in the lives of the rich and famous at Beverly Hills High School.

Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicolson. Louise Renisson

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

The curious incident of the dog at night-time. Mark Haddon

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information.

Dreamland.  Sarah Dessen

After her sister runs away, Caitlin decides to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.

The fellowship of the ring. J.R. Tolkien.

The first volume of a three-volume epic adventure set in the fantasy world of the Third Age of Middle-earth, a world inhabited by many strange beings.

Holes. Louis Sachar

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

The house of the scorpion.  Nancy Farmer

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

The insiders.  J. Minter

In downtown New York City, a sophisticated, stylish high school junior is already having trouble keeping his group of lifelong friends together when his wild cousin Kelli arrives from St. Louis and stirs things up.

The lovely bones. Alice Sebold

Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to justice.

Go ask Alice. Anonymous

A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.

No pay ? No way !  Holly Huppert

Jed is caught stealing a car.  The judge makes him work in a senior center.  Jed meets Mack and learns some important lessons about growing up.

Stargirl.  Jerry Spinelli

In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

Stoner & Spaz. Ron Koertge

A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.

Tenderness. Robert Cormier

Lori Cranston is always running away.  This time from one of her mother's very touchy feely boyfriends. 

This lullaby.  Sarah Dessen

Remy, a master at getting rid of boyfriends before any emotional attachments form, finds herself strangely unwilling to free herself from Dexter, a messy, disorganized, impulsive musician who she suspects she has come to love.