Quick view Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her... View Details
Quick view Chameleon by Charles Smith Shooting the breeze with his boys. Tightening his D on the court. Doing a color check making sure nobody's wearing blue or red, which some Crip or Piru carrying a cut-down golf club would see as disrespect. Then back to Auntie's, hoping she isn't passed... View Details
Quick view The Brimstone Journals by Ron Korertge Narrated by 15 teenage characters, this startling, often poignant poetic novel evokes a suburban high school both familiar and terrifying. It also offers an ideal opportunity for young adults to discuss violence in schools. View Details
Quick view Dan Versus Nature by Dan Calame Shy and scrawny Dan Weekes spends his time creating graphic novels inspired by his dream girl and looking out for his mom as she dates every man in the state of California. Then his mom drops a bomb: she and her latest beau, Hank, are engaged, and she's... View Details
Quick view Fat Angie by E E Charlton-Trujillo Angie is broken -- by her can't-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by being the only one who thinks her varsity-athlete-turned-war-hero sister is still alive. Hiding under a mountain of junk food hasn't kept the pain (or the shouts... View Details
Quick view The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil Told from two viewpoints, Sophia, seventeen, a Sri Lankan-Australian math prodigy with social anxiety, is panicking about her future when classmate and amateur magician Joshua proclaims his love for her. View Details
Quick view Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher A high-school bus provides surprising sanctuary for seven unlikely swim teammates who are, in the words of their coach, "A perennial road team. Mermen without a pond." These invisible kids resonate because of how the author sees them, believes in them,... View Details
Quick view The Elite by Kiera Cass Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies. View Details
Quick view The Unraveling of Mercy Lewis by Keija Parssinen In this intricate novel of psychological suspense, a fatal discovery near the high school ignites a witch-hunt in a Southeast Texas refinery town, unearthing communal and family secrets that threaten the lives of the town s girls. View Details
Quick view Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher These six stories from the acclaimed author present characters from some of his best-loved novels and create some unforgettable new personalities in tales of love, death, bigotry, heroism, and coming of age. View Details
Quick view Teen Idol by Meg Cabot When teenage heartthrob Luke Stryker shows up at a small-town Indiana high school to do research for a movie role, he persuades junior Jenny Greenley to use her considerable talents to try to change things at school for the better. View Details
Quick view Avalon High by Meg Cabot Mixing the wit of the Princess Diaries books with a supernatural twist on Arthurian legend, this wildly entertaining, #1 national bestseller is now in paperback. View Details