Coming Of Age / Growing Up

TITLE & AUTHOR

Acquaintance With Darkness*

Across The Grain*

Adam & Eve & Pinch-Me*

15-year-old Sara Moone, abandoned at birth and shunted from one foster home to another, finds that she cannot remain aloof from her latest family.

Adem's Cross*

MEAD, A

Seeing his sister being shot to death for reading a poem at a demonstration against Serbian control of largely Albanian Kosovo, changes the life of 13-year-old Adem forever.

Alice In Rapture, Sort Of*

Almost A Woman

In her new memoir, the author of When I was Puerto Rican continues the chronicle of her emergence from the barrios of Brooklyn to the theaters of Manhattan.

Alone At Ninety Foot*

Amazing And Death-Defying Diary Of Eugene Dingman*

On his 15^th birthday, Eugene Dingman begins his diary, in which he records all the bizarre events of the summer he spends as a waiter at a ritzy resort in the Adirondack Mountains.

Amazon Papers*

Almost 16, Iris is a straight-A student, who has never broken curfew. So when her mother goes on vacation, how does responsible Iris end up with the car trashed, a disabled hearse in the garage, and a couple of hunky motorcycle guys named Byron and Foster waiting for her phone call?

America Street: A Multicultural Anthology Of Stories*

MAZER, H

Fourteen short stories introduce readers to the rich differences and striking similarities of growing up in a multicultural world.

Among Friends*

Emily, Hillary and Jennie were always best friends, the "Awesome Threesome." But at the beginning of their junior year in high school Hillary and Emily are resentful of Jennie's ever-increasing success. Jennie, sought after by almost all the boys, goes after the one who won't have her.

Ancient Child

Set, a Native American raised far from the reservation by his adoptive father, returns to tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother. When he meets Grey, a beautiful young medicine woman with a visionary gift, his world is turned upside down.

Angel Of Hope*

Angel Of Mercy*

Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging*

RENNISON, L

Brash and outrageous journal of 14-year-old Georgia captures the misadventure of adolescence while she tries to catch the attention of handsome hunk, Robbie.

Annie John

The story of a young girl coming of age in Antigue. Annie John is an adolescent who has a sometimes rocky, sometimes loving relationship with her mother.

Anywhere But Here

Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer, and her wise child, Ann August, follow their perennial urge to keep moving on the open road.

Baboon King

Masai Morengaru lives as an outcast. Becoming increasingly more like the baboons he lives with, Marengura clings to his humanity in the hope of returning to his people one day.

Back Roads

19-year-old Harley Altmyer, newly orphaned, must shoulder the burden of caring for three younger sisters and struggle with his growing obsession for the sexy mother of two living just down the road.

Backwater*

A research project on her family history leads 16-year-old Ivy on a trek into the wilderness to interview a reclusive aunt.

Bad*

Sentenced to six months in the Girls Rehabilitation Center for her participation in a convenience store robbery, Dallas acknowledges her responsibility for her actions and is insightful about how her low self-esteem and need for love has driven her to delinquency.

Beet Fields

The experiences of a 16-year-old boy who runs away from home and becomes a migrant worker.

Beet Queen

When Mary Adare's father dies, and her mother abandons her, the young girl takes a freight train to an aunt and uncle in North Dakota. She lives with them and her cousin Sita as well as a friend of both, Celestine. Years later, her older brother Karl turns up in the town, and fathers a daughter with Celestine.

Beetle And Me: A Love Story*

YOUNG, K

15-year-old Daisy plans to restore a 1957 Volkswagen Beetle on her own.

Begonia For Miss Applebaum

Because of the impending death of their favorite teacher, two teenagers realize that it is not dying that is important, but living, and the legacy one leaves behind.

Beyond The Chocolate War

Powerful sequel to The Chocolate War, with subtle characterization and a riveting, suspenseful plot.

Beyond The Mango Tree

While living in Liberia with her possessive, diabetic and often absent father, Sarina longs for a friend with whom to experience the world beyond her yard.

Bless Me, Ultima

Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past. A depiction of life for a Chicano family in the American Southwest.

Bless The Beasts And Children

The Bedwetters, a group of teenage misfits from the Box Canyon Boys Camp, set out on an impossible mission to save the buffalo. A modern classic, frequently compared to Lord Of The Flies and A Separate Peace.

Bluest Eye

Haunting story of a young black girl who prays every night for blue eyes, thinking that blue eyes would change her life and make it better.

Bread Givers

Sara Smolinksy, the youngest daughter of a rabbi, watches as her father marries off her sisters into dire circumstances, and she vows to escape this fate.

Breaking Rank*

17-year-old Casey has some of her preconceptions challenged when she tutors Baby, a member of the Clan, a gang-like society in her school.

Broken Chords*

Talented 17-year-old Clara Lorenzo wonders if she has the dedication and passion to pursue a career as a concert pianist.

Brothers*

When his idolized older brother leaves college for a mental health facility and then disappears, 17-year-old Chris follows him to the compound of an anti-government militia group and tries to rescue him.

Buffalo Tree

Sura and his cell mate Coly Jo try to do their time and evade sadistic games within the Juvenile Detention. As things turn bad for Coly Jo, Sura determines to escape with body and spirit intact - if he can.

Bull Catcher*

Freshman Neil "Bull" Larsen has one goal in mind - to play baseball through high school and beyond. However, when he submits his four-year baseball diary as his senior project, Bull re-examines his dreams and makes some surprising discoveries about himself.

Burger Wuss*

Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a school bully, which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's. A ferociously funny novel about teen life.

Burning Up

Macy Clare researches the history of a burned-out barn for a school project, and uncovers the destructive forces of hatred and prejudice hidden in the past.

Car

Terry Anderson, abandoned by his parents, picks up two Vietnam veterans while driving from Cleveland to Portland and begins a journey of discovery and survival.

Celine

Before Celine, a 16-year-old artist, can take a promised trip to Europe, she must show a little maturity, finish an overdue term paper, and support her 17-year-old neighbor during his parents' separation.

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story Of An Unwanted Daughter

YEN MAH, A

An authentic portrait of 20^th-century China, as well as the story of the painful childhood of an unwanted daughter.

Chosen

The odyssey of two young men journeying from boyhood to manhood, set against the background of the conflicts and traditions of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews.

Cold Sassy Tree

On July 5^th, 1906, Will Tweedy's newly widowed grandfather elopes with Love Simpson, half his age, and a Yankee to boot!

Conditions Of Love*

A realistic and witty portrayal of high school freshman Sarah Morgan's struggle to survive the trauma of losing her father while coping with the pitfalls of adolescence.

Devil's Arithmetic*

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

Dibs, In Search Of Self

A disturbed child's successful struggle through therapy as he changes from a withdrawn to an outgoing person.

Dive*

Happy with his stable life, Ben chooses to stay with his stepfather when his mother's increasing restlessness causes her to leave, taking Ben's older stepbrother with her.

Doing Time*

Don't Think Twice*

Downtown*

Driver's Ed*

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

Eclipse Of Moonbeam Dawson*

Edge*

Although Zach is repelled by the street crime around him, the violence hits close to home when his father is shot in a robbery. When the suspect goes free for lack of evidence, Zack decided to take matters in his own hands.

Eight Seconds*

18-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he attends rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, attractive and gay.

Esperanza's Box Of Saints

Ethan Between Us*

MYERS, A

Everytime A Rainbow Dies

After witnessing a rape and interceding on the victim's behalf, 16-year-old Jamaican Thulani begins to move beyond his grief over his mother's death as he builds a relationship with the Haitian girl he helped.

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.

Falling Leaves

Adeline Yen Mah, the youngest daughter of an affluent Chinese family, endured a childhood of appalling emotional abuse. Her struggles reveal the harsh realities of growing up female in 20^th century China.

First Confession

Jackie faces his first confession with great trepidation following a warning lecture from his obnoxious older sister.

Floating In My Mother’s Palm*

Flyy Girl

16-year-old Tracy Ellison is willing to go much further than any of her girlfriends as she sets out to lure the most popular boys in her neighborhood. Spoiled by her relatives and too much for her mother to handle, Tracy uses her personal brand of intimidating flattery to conquer one guy after another - until she meets her match in Victor Hinson, her Mr. Everything.

For The Life Of Laetitia

Freak The Mighty*

A brilliant poignant novel about a friendship between two boys - a slow learner too large for his age, and a tiny, crippled genius - who pair up to create one formidable human force known as "Freak the Mighty".

Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode The Internet Out Of Idaho

Captivating true story of two computer "junkies" on a quest for acceptance that takes them from the dark side of America's technology culture into a world of prosperity and success.

Gentlehands*

When a newspaper story claims that Buddy's sophisticated, cultured grandfather is a former Nazi, he must decide whether to stay loyal to him in the face of mounting proof.

Getting In

Four high school seniors take the road with their chaperones to interview at nine prestigious New England colleges while trying to hide their low SAT scores.

Gift Of Magic

When the old woman died, she left her grandchild Nancy with the extraordinary gift of magic. Nancy can read people's minds, know their thoughts, and make them do what she wants. Will she use her gift for good, or satisfy her own selfish desire?

Girl Interrupted

Committed to a psychiatric ward at age 18, the author spent two years on the ward for teenage girls. A contemporary classic of self-discovery, this memoir tells of her journey through a "parallel universe" of madness.

Going Where I'm Coming from : Memoirs of American Youth

Multicultural perspective on establishing identity and experiencing life as a young person. Well-known writers recall things from their growing up with perception and poignancy.

Hard Love*

John's friendship with Marisol helps him deal with his buried feelings about his family in this honest and engaging look at a teenage boy's first love.

Harley, Like A Person

Harley, an artistic teenager living with his alcoholic father and angry mother, suspects that she's adopted and begins a search to find her long lost father, and hope.

Heaven

JOHNSON, A

When Marley, who is African American, learns that her itinerant uncle is really her father and her loving "parents" are her aunt and uncle, she has to come to terms with her feelings of anger, betrayal and curiosity as to who she really is.

Hero*

After years of abuse and neglect, Sean Parker is headed for trouble. Sent to do community service at a farm for elderly Mr. Hassler, Sean realizes that he can choose to take control of his life.

Hey Kid! Does She Love Me?

Holes *

Stanley Yelnats isn't surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a juvenile detention center. Subjected to hard labor digging huge holes, Stanley befriends a fellow inmate and begins to unravel the mystery surrounding his family's curse.

Horse Whisperer

Teenager Grace Maclean loses a leg in a terrible accident while riding her horse, Pilgrim. Grace and Pilgrim are both emotionally scarred as well as physically devastated by the accident. Realizing that the fates of her daughter and the horse are linked, Grace's mother launches a campaign to find a '"horse whisperer'", someone who can cure troubled horses with only a calm voice and a soothing touch.

House On Mango Street

CISNEROS, S

Esperanza Cordero, a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago, captures her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories in order to rise above hopelessness and create a space for herself.

How I Created My Perfect Prom Date*

Humming Whispers*

In a poignant first-person narration, Sophy expresses her fear that at 14, the same age her sister began to hear voices, she too will become schizophrenic.

Hunter In The Dark

A teenage boy goes on a secret hunting trip alone in an effort to come to terms with his leukemia and to test his strength and resourcefulness in battling the elements and stalking the white-tailed deer that is his quarry.

I Can't Believe I Have To Do This

At his mother's behest, Dean keeps a journal of what turns out to be a traumatic year. In this full-circle story, Dean describes his hopes, his shattered dreams and his relationships.

Into The Widening World, International Coming-Of-Age Stories

LOUGHERY (ed.)

A unique anthology of contemporary short stories about young people throughout the world.

Island Like You: Stories Of The Barrio

Simultaneously funny and serious collection of short stories revealing the isolated lives of teenagers wobbling between two clashing cultures - childhood and adulthood.

Jacob Have I Loved*

A twin, overshadowed by her talented and charismatic sister, is tormented by hate and jealousy.

Jubilee Journey

Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African-American mother and her French-American father, but when she spends some time with her grandmother in Texas, she learns more about her heritage.

Jumping The Nail

Suspenseful story of California teens daring one another to "jump the nail" - leap from a dangerous cliff into the ocean. Dru must find the courage to make difficult choices about her friends, love and college.

Keeping The Moon

Sent to spend the summer with an eccentric aunt, Colie, an overweight girl, expects her life as an outsider to continue. A job and new friends help her to see herself in a new light, and to appreciate the qualities she has always had.

Killer's Cousin*

17-year-old David has moved to Massachusetts to finish high school, away from the media glare that surrounded his murder acquittal. However, life with his cold aunt, his hostile cousin Lily, and the haunted attic apartment forces David to come to terms with his own past.

Kit's Wilderness

The bonds of family from one generation to the next are examined when Kit Watson allows his new friend Askew to take him into the coal mine, where their relatives have worked and died.

Last Days Of Summer

Told in the literary form of letters, notes and report cards, this is the story of a boy who lies to a New York Giants player about his health.

Leaving Home*

Let The Circle Be Unbroken

Life Is Funny

Frank breaks new ground with a realistic novel of 11 Brooklyn teens. Each chapter is a story and all weaves together to surprise the reader.

Likes Of Me*

Cordelia is a Chinese American young woman isolated from the world in a remote lumber town in 1918. When she meets a young man, and falls in love, she is determined to follow him.

Living Up The Street

SOTO, G

The author describes with warmth and wry reality his experiences growing up as a Mexican American in Fresno, California, during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

Looking For Alibrandi

Lords Of Discipline

Marchlands

Set on a 1,000-acre sheep ranch in the vast landscape of Wyoming, the story concerns one pivotal year in the life of 15-year-old Sophie Behr. She is a young woman searching for the truth about her family's past, even as she seeks to define her own future with the child she is carrying.

Marked By Fire*

When a tornado hits Abby's small black community, her family is driven apart. Over a span of 20 years, she experiences the best and the worst life has to offer.

Matter Of Time*

An unlikely match, Laura is a new student at an exclusive boarding school and Ben is a local farm boy who divides his time between his horse and mechanic work. Two extraordinary teenagers who somehow manage to cross the many boundaries in their worlds to find each other - and themselves.

Member Of The Wedding

Young Frankie cannot understand why everyone disapproves of her idea of going on her brother’s honeymoon. Then she realizes "member of the wedding" doesn't mean what she thinks.

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.

Morning Is A Long Time Coming*

Although Anton, the escaped German POW whom Patty sheltered when she was a 12-year-old girl, has been dead for six years, her feelings for him will not die. Driven by a need to find the love her parents denied her, Patty decides to go to Germany in search of Anton's mother, desperate for a connection to the man she loved and lost.

Mouse Rap

It’s summertime in Harlem, and The Mouse (as he calls himself) and his friends look beyond dance contests and basketball for diversion. The rumor of a huge cash stash hidden in Harlem by a 1930’s gangster offers intriguing possibilities.

My Darling, My Hamburger*

A popular young adult book that deals frankly and sympathetically with the growing pains of today's teenagers.

My Life As A Girl*

During her last summer in Phoenix, Arizona, before going to an eastern college, 18-year-old Jaime works two waitress jobs and plans her escape from a life forever changed by her father's prison sentence.

My Louisiana Sky

Tiger Ann Parker desperately wants to escape from her rural town of Saitter, Louisiana - and the struggles of living with a mentally disabled mother, a "slow" father, and classmates who taunt her. But before she leaves to spend the summer with her aunt in Baton Rouge, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life.

My Name Is Asher Lev

Asher Lev, the religious boy with an overwhelming need to draw, to paint, to render the world he knows and the pain he feels, on canvas for everyone to see. It is a force that must learn to master without shaming his people or relinquishing any part of his deeply felt Judaism.

My Name Is Sus5an Smith, The 5 Is Silent

Sus5an (the ``5'' is to make her name special) hopes to show her art while living with Aunt Libby in Boston. Secretly, she also searches for her beloved Uncle Willy, who abandoned another aunt, Marianne, 10 years ago. She finds him, only to discover that he is a thief - of hearts as well as valuables - who betrays her as he once betrayed Marianne.

My Sister From The Black Lagoon

Lorna comes of age in the shadows of a family torn apart by her sister's mental illness.

Name Me Nobody*

An awkward Hawaiian teenager searches for self and place as a scorned outsider in her high school.

Necking With Louise*

16-year-old Eric Anderson comes of age in these humorous short stories of a likable adolescent's day-to-day trials, including death, racial prejudice and love's cruel disappointments.

Nobody Else Has To Know*

15-year-old Webber must live with guilt or tell the truth about who the person was driving his grandfather's car when it struck and seriously injured a little girl.

Not Without Laughter

The poignant story of a young black boy's awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of black life in a small Kansas town.

October Sky

The author tells the story of growing up in a dying coal town in the 1950's, and how he made his dream of launching rockets into space come true.

Of Nightingales That Weep*

Takiko, whose warrior father was killed in battle, accepts a position at the Japanese imperial court. Her beauty and nightingale voice captivates the handsome young warrior, Hideo - who also turns out to be an enemy spy. Takiko is forced to choose between loyalty to her people and her love for Hideo.

On The Edge: Stories At The Brink

DUNCAN, L (ed.)

Outstanding collection of short stories by contemporary Young Adult authors.

Only Alien On The Planet*

Ginny never thought she would fall for someone like Smitty, a child abuse victim. Eventually, Smitty lets Ginny into his troubled, hidden world and they begin the gradual process of healing - together.

Only Twice I’ve Wished For Heaven

Depiction of life in 1975 for young Tempest Saville and her family after they are chosen to move from their ghetto neighborhood to Lakeland, a beautiful new apartment tower.

Onlyhouse

Lucija Vakovik and her motherare originally from Croatia, and spent the last few years in a dense downtown neighborhood with a large immigrant population. Then they moved into a stand-alone home in suburban Toronto, and Lucija must navigate her way in the preteen jungle of Bayview Public School.

Ordinary Princess

Other Bells For Us To Ring*

When her father is transferred to an army camp in Massachusetts during the Second World War, Darcy feels isolated in her French-Canadian neighborhood until she meets the vivacious Kathleen Mary O'Hara and learns about Catholicism.

Other Ones*

Out Of The Dust

As dust storms and the Great Depression ravage Oklahoma, Billie Jo comes of age within the landscape of failing farms, personal tragedy, and family relationships that are badly in need of repair.

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.

Painted House

Drawing on Grisham's own childhood experiences, A Painted House is set in the fall of 1952, and tells the tale of Lucas Chandler, the 7-year-old son of Arkansas cotton farmers. This season, the Chandlers are desperate to reap a bountiful harvest, which depends not only on the weather, but also on the hard-working Mexican laborers who provide temporary help.

Painting The Black

Ryan Ward, just beginning to feel the magic of baseball, is faced with a heartbreaking dilemma when he must choose between his love of the game and his integrity.

Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida*

Presenting a vivid portrait of a Mexican-American boy's life - his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, a time full of pain and awkwardness, and the excitement of growing up in a crazy world.

Peeling The Onion*

Anna is 17 when a car accident alters her life. Thrust into a world of pain, fear and disassociation from the layers that made up who she used to be - her looks, her friends, her karate prowess - Anna slowly comes to see who she really is.

Phoenix Rising*

Pigman

Two lonely high school students meet Mr. Pignati, an old man who lives in his dreams and makes daily visits to the baboons at the zoo. The three find love and laughter, but only for a short time.

Pigman's Legacy

In this sequal to Pigman, Lorraine and John are forced to face the death of the old man they had befriended.

Players*

18-year-old Corey suspects his dream of winning the basketball championship is in jeopardy when he discovers the new player will stop at nothing to be the of the team.

Pocho

Richard, whose parents came to the United States from Mexico, experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas.

Popcorn Days & Buttermilk Nights*

PAULSEN, G

Rats Saw God

Having gone from top student to a bummed out and drugged out high school senior, Steve York is one step away from flunking out. As he writes a 100-page graduate paper, he begins to understand where he is and where he wants to go.

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.

River, Cross My Heart

When 6-year-old Clara Bynum drowns, 12-year-old Johnnie Mae must come to terms with the powerful and confused emotions sparked by her sister's death.

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry*

Unforgettable book of black pride and black heritage. Cassie Logan, daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper, is determined to maintain her dignity through a turbulent year.

Rough Waters*

After the death of their parents, teenage brothers Scott and Gregg are sent to live with an uncle in Colorado. Rocky, the owner of a white-water rafting company, has the boys working right away, struggling to master the art of survival both off and on the river.

Rules Of The Road

Jenna Boller, employee of a shoe store chain, is hired to drive the store's elderly president for the summer. Thus begins a cross-country adventurewhere she and her employer learn a lot about the rules of the road - and the rules of life.

Rumble Fish

Rusty James's lack of direction, his longing for the days of street gangs, and his blind drive to be like his brother, eat away at his world until it comes apart in an explosive chain of events.

Safe At Second*

Baseball player Todd Bannister, Paulie Lockwood's best friend, has it all until a line drive to his head causes him to lose an eye. Now everything is different, and the two friends must chart a new future for their lives.

Say Goodnight, Gracie*

Jimmy and Morgan, both 17, have been best friends since birth. Jimmy is killed by a drunken driver, and Morgan is left to deal with the grief accompanying a senseless tragedy.

Screen Test

While ring in her first feature film, 16-year-old Liz is dazzled by Los Angeles and a charming and handsome leading man.

Separate Peace

Two young prep school roommates learn to cope with the emotions of adulthood when one of them is struck down by a crippling accident.

Shabanu: Daughter Of The Wind*

The second daughter of a Pakistani family, Shabanu has been brought up with more freedom than most Muslim girls. Should she listen to the stirrings of her own heart when her family insists on an arranged marriage?

Shadow Of The Dragon*

16-year-old Danny Vo is caught between two worlds. He fits in with his American friends, yet they don't seem to understand his traditional Vietnamese life.

Shark Beneath The Reef

Tomas Torres, who comes from a family of shark fishers, is torn between attending high school and a future of line fishing for sharks. However, all fish are being sharply depleted by foreign fishing fleets, and when the Mexican government finally bans these fleets from the Sea of Cortez, they also take steps to remove local fishermen.

Siddharta

Skin I'm In*

An African American girl learns to accept herself when tough kids at school harass by following the example of a strong African American teacher.

Spring Tone

Tomomi feels as though her whole life is turning upside down when her grandmother's death, the onset of puberty, and family secrets bring disturbing dreams.

Spring Tone*

Squashed*

16-year-old Ellie Morgan's life would be almost perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on about 200 pounds - and if she could lose 20 herself. Ellie could then become a famous pumpkin-growing personality and squash obnoxious Cyril Pool once and for all.

Stargirl*

Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories*

MCDANIEL, L

A collection of three stories in which teenagers face life-altering situations.

Stone Angel

Stone Water*

Summer Hawk*

Summer Sisters

Summer Sisters chronicles the lifelong friendship between two women, from their girlhood summers together on Martha's Vineyard to their more complicated adult relationship.

Sweetgrass*

Sweetgrass, a 15-year-old Blackfoot girl, longs to marry a young warrior, Eagle-Sun, but her father feels she is too young for marriage. Then a smallpox epidemic breaks out, and Sweetgrass is one of a few women left to fight for the survival of the tribe. It is a chance to prove her maturity, but is she strong enough to fight cold, hunger and disease?

Switch*

Sydney, Herself*

Taming The Runner*

Travis is the coolest kid in school, but no one seems to notice him. The only person that interests him is Casey. She's the bravest person Travis has ever met, brave enough to try to tame her horse, Runner. But Travis and Runner are two of a kind: creatures not meant to be tamed.

Taste Of Salt: A Story Of Modern Haiti*

In the hospital after being beaten by Macoutes, 17-year-old Djo tells the story of his impoverished life to Jeremie, a young woman who, like him, has been working with the social reformer Father Aristide to fight the repression in Haiti.

Tent*

Tex

A year in the life of a poor high school student in Oklahoma struggling to come to terms with an absent father, a tense older brother and a new girlfriend.

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Till Death Do Us Part*

Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, 18-year-old April faces an uncertain future with her fiancé. Mark, a race car driver with cystic fibrosis, suffers a terrible accident and this forces April to make a difficult decision

To: Jay Kae - Life Stinx

Tower Room*

Tree Grows In Brooklyn

The Nolans live in Brooklyn slums from 1902 to 1919. This is the story about Francie, the daughter, and beginnings of wisdom.

Tulip Touch*

Natalie, who lives in the large hotel managed by her father, has a dangerous friendship with Tulip, the wildly uncontrollable girl on a neighboring farm. Eventually Natalie becomes frightened by her friend's reckless acts, and pulls away from her, but this self-rescue comes at the price of great guilt.

Tune In Anytime*

As she watches her family fall apart around her, 16-year-old Sohie wishes that real life was like a soap opera and she could change the channel or fast forward to the final episode. But will she find a happy ending?

Twice Taken*

Brooke Eastman learns that her dad had abducted her when she sees a picture of herself and her father on a program about missing children. She calls the 1-800 number on the TV screen, and sets off a chain of events that not only brings about her return to her mother and a family she doesn't remember, but also alters everything she assumed to be true about herself.

Two Suns In The Sky*

In the summer of 1944 when Christine meets 15-year-old Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew in a refugee camp in upstate New York, they fall in love. But will the narrow-mindedness of their parents tear them apart again?

Until Angels Close My Eyes

View From Saturday*

This is a tale about a team, a class, a school, and a series of contests. Set in the midst of this, four short stories that ask important questions about life with surprising answers…

Walk Two Moons

Salamanca travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. A richly layered novel that is funny, mysterious and touching.

Walkabout

A young girl and her brother learn to communicate with an Aborgine youth when they are thrown together in an effort to survive the wilderness of the Australian outback.

Wanderer

An intimate journey of self-discovery unfolds when Sophie joins her three uncles and two male cousins on a transatlantic sa