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Alexie, Sherman
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
229 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
 Book Trailers Spring 2008
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Between Two Cultures
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Anderson, M. T.
Burger Wuss
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
192 p. 1999
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Blackwood, Gary L.
The Year of the Hangman
In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, 15-year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history.
261 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
War Stories
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Chbosky, Stephen
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Written in the form of letters to an anonymous "Dear Friend", shy and introspective Charlie, a high school freshman, documents his day-to-day thoughts and feelings of some of the many struggles faced in high school.
213 p. 1999
Appears on the following book lists:
My So-Called Life
Challenged and Banned Books
Built to Last
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Choldenko, Gennifer
Al Capone Does My Shirts
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
228 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Guys Read
Good Reads for Middle School
Newbery Honor
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Kids Book Prizes
Classroom Read Aloud - chapter books
Audio books - history on the go (1- 6 hours)
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Colfer, Eoin
The Lost Colony
When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, Artemis and his friends face a new foe -- a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own -- as they try to prevent catastrophe.
385 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Flights of Fantasy
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Cormier, Robert
The Chocolate War
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
253 p. 1997
Appears on the following book lists:
Classics
Challenged and Banned Books
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Coy, John
Crackback
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
201 p. 2005
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Crutcher, Chris
Deadline
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as Hey-Soos.
316 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Sob Stories
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Doctorow, Cory
Little Brother
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
380 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
Science Fiction: Contemporary
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Farmer, Nancy
The House of the Scorpion
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
380 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Newbery Honor
Printz Honor Books
Science Fiction
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Fleischman, John
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived another eleven years and became a textbook case in brain science. But he was forever changed by the accident, and what happened inside his brain will tell you a lot about how your brain works and what makes us who we are.
86 p. 2002
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Going, K. L.
Saint Iggy
Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
260 p. 2006
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Green, John
An Abundance of Katherines
Having been recently dumped for the 19th time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
227 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Printz Honor Books
Book Trailers Autumn 2007
Extraordinary Reads for High Schoolers
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Hautman, Pete
Godless
When 16-year-old Jason Bock and his friends create their own religion to worship the town's water tower, what started out as a joke begins to take on a power of its own.
198 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
It's Due Tomorrow!
Good Reads for High School
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Hiaasen, Carl
Flush
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
263 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Guys Read
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
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Hornby, Nick
Slam
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.
309 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Book Trailers Autumn 2007
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Horowitz, Anthony
Scorpia
After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, 14-year-old spy Alex Rider goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren.
312 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Amazing Adventures
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Jenkins, A. M.
Night Road
Battling his own memories and fears, Cole, an extraordinarily conscientious vampire, and Sandor, a more impulsive acquaintance, spend a few months on the road, trying to train a young man who recently joined their ranks.
362 p. 2008
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Jenkins, A. M.
Out of Order
Sophomore Colt Trammel loves baseball and his girlfriend Grace, but he hates the rest of high school and maintains a tough facade to hide his feelings of inferiority.
247 p. 2003
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