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Teen Bibliography
Fiction
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47
by Walter Mosely
(TEEN FIC)
- Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
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Amazing Grace
by Megan Shull
(TEEN FIC)
- Teen tennis superstar Grace Kincaid is starting to learn that being an overnight sensation isn't all it's cracked up to be. With fame and fortune just a backswing away, Grace decides that all she really wants to be is normal.
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Ball Don't Lie
by Matt de la Pena
(TEEN FIC)
- Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
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Beating Heart: A Ghost Story
by A.M. Jenkins
(TEEN FIC)
- Following his parents' divorce, seventeen-year-old Evan moves with his mother and sister into an old house where the spirit of a teenager who died there awakens and mistakes him for her long-departed love.
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Heavy Metal and You
by Christopher Krovatin
(TEEN FIC)
- High schooler Sam begins losing himself when he falls for a preppy girl who wants him to give up getting wasted with his best friends and even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person.
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Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys
by Kate Brian
(TEEN FIC)
- While her military parents are stationed in South Korea, high school junior Megan learns a great deal about boys and herself when she moves to Massachusetts to live with family friends who have seven sons.
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Peaches: A Novel
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
(TEEN FIC)
- Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach.
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Peeps
by Scott Westerfeld
(TEEN FIC)
- Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.
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The Geography of Girlhood
by Kirsten Smith
(TEEN FIC)
- In a powerful verse novel, Penny charts the landscape of her high-school years--her older sister's wild ways, her best friend's descent into depression, her first boyfriend's accidental death, her crush on a teacher, her father's new marriage, her protective relationship of her younger stepbrother, and, always, her longing for her missing mother.
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Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude and Other Commandments I Have Broken
by Rosemary Graham
(TEEN FIC)
- Having endured the vicious rumors spread by her professional-skateboarder ex-boyfriend, high school sophomore Kelsey Wilcox tries to salvage her reputation while attempting to earn a place on her high school newspaper.
Non-Fiction
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Hey Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity
by Leland Gregory
(TEEN 081 G862h)
- The title says it all. This books covers everything from idiotic excuses and idiotic inventions to idiotic people from all walks of life.
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Hole in My Life
by Jack Gantos
(TEEN B G158a)
- The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
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John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth
by Elizabeth Partridge
(TEEN B L548p)
- A photobiography of one of the greatest rock and roll singers and songwriters of all time.
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Princess Lessons
by Meg Cabot
(TEEN 646.7 C112p)
- Princess Mia from "The Princess Diaries" offers advice on inner and outer beauty, character development, etiquette, and dating.
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Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat
by Megan and Jill Carle
(TEEN 641.5 C192t)
- A cookbook written for teens, by teens. Learn to cook with step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs showing both the process and finished product. Numerous vegetarian dishes are included.
Websites
- Guys Read
- Jon Sciezka's site is devoted to helping boys find great things to read.
- Teen Ink
- Teen Ink is a monthly print magazine, website, and a book series all written by teens for teens.
- Teen Reads
- Can't decide what to read next? Check here for reviews, author interviews, discussion guides, and much more.
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