TITLE & AUTHOR

SYNOPSIS

Boy Who Drank Too Much

A realistic and dramatic portrayal of a young man torn by alcoholism and the conflicting demands of his father, hockey and his own values.

Children Of The River

A powerful novel that tells the story of teenage Sundra from Cambodia, who flees with her aunt’s family from the Khmer Rouge terror to a small Oregon town.

Devil's Arithmetic*

Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel takes her to a Polish village in the 1940's.

Dicey's Song*

VOIGT, C

A heartwarming novel of the young Tillerman family, led by eldest sister Dicey.

Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey*

Tish chronicles her life in the journal she must keep for English class. When her abusive father returns home, Tish's entries are increasingly marked "Do Not Read" until she realizes silence may be dangerous.

Drive-By*

Jimmy always warned his brother Tito that joining a gang could only lead to disaster. But now, Jimmy is dead, gunned down in front of his brother and sister, and Tito must face the consequences.

Driver's Ed*

A group of driver's education students steal some highway signs as a class prank - with tragic results.

Executioner*

When Raymond dies in an automobile accident, Bruce Kendall must face his avenger, the "Executioner".

Face On The Milk Carton

A photograph of a missing child on a carton of milk leads Jane on a search for her real identity.

Forged By Fire*

While his mother was serving a prison sentence for child neglect, Gerald lived with his aunt. Then, one day, his mother returns with her new husband and Angel, Gerald's little sister. As the children grow up, it becomes more and more apparent that Angel needs Gerald's protection from her father's sexual abuse. But who will protect Gerald?

Go Ask Alice*

True and painful diary of a 15-year-old girl's experience with drugs that eventually leads to her death.

Kidnapping Of Christina Lattimore

Christina's kidnappers are holding her for ransom, but her family is convinced that she is an accomplice in her own kidnapping! Christina is on her own to prove her innocence. But what if she can't?

Killing Grounds

Killing Mr. Griffin

The pranks of a group of high school students misfire and result in the death of their teacher.

Miracle's Boys

Lafayette's close friendship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from the correctional facility and returns a hostile stranger.

Monster; The Autobiography Of An LA Gang Member

Monster Kody, today known as Sanyika Sakur, spent 16 years as a gangbanger in South Central Los Angeles. His account begins at age eleven, when he was inducted into the ranks of the Crips, and ends (hundreds of bodies later) with Scott serving a seven-year prison term for beating a crack dealer.

Nothing But The Truth

A young high school student is suspended for humming "The Star Spangled Banner" during homeroom and finds himself the focus of a national news story.

Outsiders*

Outstanding novel about the tensions between two rival gangs in a city in Oklahoma, told from the point of view of Ponyboy, a young greaser.

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir Of The Cultural Revolution

Ji-li Jiang faces terror, persecution and an impossible choice when she must denounce her family or sacrifice her future with the Communist Party during China's Cultural Revolution.

Slave Dancer

Graphic tale of Jessie, who was kidnapped from New Orleans by sailors from a slave ship and forced to play his fife so the slaves could dance to keep their muscles strong.

Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Sister Went Crazy

SONES, S

Cookie's short first-person poems reveal her unraveling world and concern for her own sanity when her older sister is institutionalized after a mental breakdown.

Tangerine

Paul Fisher, who is legally blind, has a passion for soccer and a deep mistrust of his football hero brother, Erik. Why is everyone - except Paul himself - blind to the terrifying truth about Erik?

Voice On The Radio*

In this companion to The Face on the Milk Carton, Janie confronts her past again when her boyfriend Reeve uses it as dramatic filler for his job as a disc jockey at his college radio station.

Whatever Happened To Janie? *

In this sequel to The Face on the Milk Carton, Janie Johnson discovers that her name is really Jennie Spring - she had been kidnapped as a small child. Janie's contented life is disrupted when she is sent to live with her biological family and must decide who she is and where she belongs.

Working Days, Short Stories About Teenagers At Work

MAZER, H (ed.)

Teenage protagonists discover the world of work and the world through work, and that work helps us not only to survive, but to dream of new horizons.

Zlata's Diary, A Child's Life In Sarajevo

Zlata Filipovic describes her life in Sarajevo, her experiences as she leaves her protected childhood behind, and begins to live the day-to-day hardship and deprivation of a city under siege. Zlata's Diary is a poignant plea for peace and a testament to the futility and waste of war.