The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the...

Sister Spider Knows All by Adrian Fogelin

With gentle wit and uncanny sensitivity, Fogelin captures the fragility of life's uncertainties in this moving and entertaining novel of an adolescent girl's struggles to find her way in the world.

The Theory of Everything by J J Johnson

Ever since Sarah Jones' best friend Jamie died in a freak accident, life has felt sort of random. In a last ditch effort to pull it together, Sarah ends up working for Roy, a local eccentric who owns a Christmas tree farm, and who might also be trying...

Believarexic by J J Johnson

Asking for help is only the first step. Jennifer cant go on like this binging, purging, starving, and all while trying to appear like she's got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel...

Flash Point by Sneed B Collard

After school Luther works part-time with a vet who rescues and retrains birds of prey but when he questions many of the community's beliefs about land use, he risks alienation from his friends and family

Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil

Sam is a geek movie-buff with a ragtag group of loser friends who have been taking abuse from the popular kids for years. But when the super-cool Camilla moves to town, she surprises everyone by choosing to spend time with Sam's group. Suddenly they go...

Do You Know the Monkey Man? by Dori Hillestad Butler

For thirteen-year-old Samantha, life consists of too many unanswered questions about her past.