Teens Read

Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Does my Head Look Big in This?

360 p. (Gr 7-12)

When Amal decides to wear a hijab full-time, she has to explain her reasons to her parents and friends.

Anderson, Laurie Halse
Chains: Seeds of America

316 p. (Gr. 6-9)

Isabel is sold to a cruel couple in Revolutionary New York City. Quickly she has to pick sides, possibly even the one she disagrees with, but may grant her freedom.

Archer, Lily
The Poison Apples
            
276 p. (Gr 6-9) 

Molly, Reena and Alice are all sent to boarding school in Massachusetts by their father’s second wives.  The girls form a club to take revenge on their wicked stepmothers but do two wrongs make a right?

Barnholdt, Lauren
The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney

263p. (Gr 6-9)

Can Devon untangle her hilarious web of summer lies about being an A-list girl dating the hottest boy in school without losing friends and becoming a permanent social outcast?

Bauer, Joan
Peeled
248p. (Gr 6-9)

Hildy Biddle lives for investigative journalism, and when a house is haunted in her small town she jumps at the chance to cover the story.

Durrant, Sabine
Cross your heart, Connie Pickles

263 p. (Gr. 6-10)

Connie and her best friend are on a mission to find her mom a husband, but will their scheming create real love connections or destroy their friendship?

Ferraiolo, Jack D.
The Big Splash

277 p. (Gr. 6-10)

Being a seventh grade private eye has kept Matthew out of the shady activities at his school, but his next case will either win him the girl of his dreams or turn him into a complete social outcast.

Fredericks. Mariah
In the Cards: Love

Thirteen-year-old Anna thinks of herself as "boring," but when she inherits a set of tarots cards and a reading indicates she will be with Declan, the school hottie, things really start to heat up. 

Gaiman, Neil
Graveyard Book

312p. (Gr. 5-8)

Nobody Owens (“Bod”) was left at a graveyard when he was a baby and raised by ghosts. The older he gets, the more he wants to explore outside the graveyard, but he doesn’t realize the dangers that have been lurking since he was a baby.

Korman, Gordon
Schooled

208p. (Gr. 6-9)

Capricorn Anderson was raised on a commune, has long hippie hair, doesn’t have a clue about the “real world,” and doesn’t stand a chance at Claverage (aka C-Average) Middle School…or does he?

Perkins, Mitali 
First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover

227p. (Gr. 7-9)

Sparrow’s father is running for president, and she is campaigning along to help out. When the campaign strategists come up with a plan to look her look “All-American,” Sparrow has to take steps to be true to herself and set the paparazzi straight.

Sonnenblick, Jordan
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

273 p. (Gr. 7-8) 
           
Eighth Grader Steven Alper’s life changes from being about drums and girls to being about medical bills and chemotherapy when his little brother Jeffrey develops leukemia.  How does he cope and make life worth living?

Wilce,  Ysabeau S.
Flora Segunda: Being the  Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous  
Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog  

431  pg. (Gr. 7-9)

Flora Fyrdraaca accidentally stumbles into trouble when she lets her family’s magical butler drain her will to maintaintheir 11,000 room mansion.

Compiled by Teen Services Librarians 2009.