Humor

Tina Fey

Actress Tina Fey recounts her life, sharing how she managed to fulfill her dream of one day becoming a comedian on television and discussing her childhood, marriage, career, and views on beauty, politics, motherhood, and relationships.

Steve Hofstetter

A humorous memoir set in high school and told in essay format, for teens who have graduated from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, based on comedian Steve Hofstetter's real life. In Ginger Kid, Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade...when his world fell apart.

Jesse Andrews

A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.

Libba Bray

When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.

Anna Breslaw

When Scarlett's beloved TV show is canceled and her longtimecrush, Gideon, is sucked out of her orbit and into the dark and distant world of Populars, Scarlett turns to the fanfic message boards for comfort. This time, though, her subjects aren't the swoon-worthy stars of her fave series -- they're the real-life kids from her high schoo

Don Calame

Paired with the infamous "Hot Dog" Helen for a health class presentation on safe sex, tenth-grader Coop tries to regain his "cool" by entering his musically challenged rock group in the "Battle of the Bands" competition.

Jack Gantos

Jack is 14 on the fateful day he meets his mysterious older neighbor Gary Pagoda and, enchanted, quickly becomes his acolyte. However, there's trouble ahead, for Gary is the kind of kid parents warn their children against. But Jack doesn't care. Bored, lonely, self-hating, and sad, he is on fire with the desire to be like Gary-or, better yet, to be Gary. But in seeking to emulate him, Jack's behavior takes a precipitous turn for the worse. Will he flameout in the process of transforming himself?

Greg Howard

Told from both viewpoints, Beckett Gaines, an out-and-proud choir member, and star quarterback Jaxon Parker team up to derail the budding romance between their parents.

Katie Kennedy

Teenagers Rosa and Eddie, trainees in a top-secret space exploration and research program, must thwart the aliens' Earth-destroying mission by stealing their spacecraft and traveling extra-dimensionally to an alternate Earth.

Preston Norton

Nearly a year after his brother's suicide, sixteen-year-old Cliff "Neanderthal" Hubbard gets recruited to make life better at Happy Valley High by the school's quarterback, who claims he had a vision from God.

Andrew Smith

Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong

Aaron Starmer

When seniors in her high school begin succumbing to baffling manifestations of spontaneous combustion, Mara observes the efforts of FBI agents to solve the mystery while she struggles to survive through graduation