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Barnes, Derrick D.
The Making of Dr. Truelove
Diego is a sixteen-year-old boy with a problem. He loves his girlfriend, Roxy. And when they suddenly break up due to Diego's own insecurity issues, the boy is crushed. How ever will he win Shorty back? On the trusty advice of his (crazy) best friend, Diego invents an alter ego known as Dr. Truelove. A sex and relationship e-columnist, Truelove is smooth where Diego is gawky, skilled where Diego is clueless. Truelove is, quite clearly, the way back into Roxy's heart. Or so it seems--
233 p. 2006
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Brothers, Meagan
Debbie Harry Sings in French
When Johnny completes an alcohol rehabilitation program and his mother sends him to live with his uncle in North Carolina, he meets Maria, who seems to understand his fascination with the new wave band Blondie, and he learns about his deceased father's youthful forays into glam rock, which gives him perspective on himself, his past, and his current life.
234 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
 GLBTQ
Rainbow Project
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Cheshire, Simon
Kissing Vanessa
The instant Kevin Watts sees the new girl, he falls head over heels in love. Not only is Vanessa gorgeous, sophisticated, and intelligent—but she's also into photography, just like Kevin. He's sure they'd be perfect for each other . . . if it weren't for one, major glitch. Kevin is Mr. Background, upstaged by nearly every one else in school. How can an average guy like Kevin ever hope to win over a girl like Vanessa?
135 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Fabulous Reads for Middle Schoolers
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Cheshire, Simon
Plastic Fantastic
Fifteen-year-old Dominic is crazy about the pop group Plastic—especially their attractive lead singer. Lisa Voyd is a style goddess, and her voice makes Dominic's heart melt. He knows every word and every note of every song, of course, and has sworn his allegiance to all that is Plastic. So what if Dominic's best friend, Emma, thinks he's wasting his time?
152 p. 2006
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Cohn, Rachel
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
What happens when two witty, wise, but vulnerable teens meet by accident at a chaotic punk rock club? They fall in love, of course. While both are dealing with the fallout of failed relationships and the infinite hurt that accompanies them, they are questioning everything about themselves, their friends, and their future paths.Told in alternating chapters over the course of a single night, the narratives create a fully fleshed-out picture of both teens, informed by their love of music, their devotion to their friends, and their clear-eyed view of the world.
192 p 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Extraordinary Reads for High Schoolers
Quick and Easy
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Colasanti, Susane
When it Happens
High school seniors Sara and Tobey attempt to figure out what is important in life as they try to balance their preparations for their futures with their enjoyment of the present.
310 p. 2006
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Davidson, Dana
Jason Kyra
Handsome and popular Jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious Kyra.
330 p. 2005
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Ehrenhaft, Daniel
Drawing a Blank or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery End a Feud and Land the Girl of My Dreams
Carlton Dunne IV, an outcast boarding school student with a secret identity as a graphic novelist, teams up with a beautiful Scottish girl who yearns to be an American police officer, to resolve an ancient feud and rescue Carlton's kidnapped father.
326 p. 2006
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Book Trailers Spring 2007
Laughing Out Loud
Mysteries for Teens
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Ehrenhaft, Daniel
Tell it to Naomi
In a harebrained scheme concocted by his neurotic older sister to forge a romantic relationship with the girl of his dreams, fifteen-year-old Dave Rosen pretends to be a female advice columnist for his school newspaper.
200 p 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for Middle School
Fabulous Reads for Middle Schoolers
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Garfinkle, Debra
Storky : How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl
Fourteen-year-old high school student Michael Storky Pomerantz's journal describes his freshman year, from dealing with his mother's dating his dentist to attempting to win the heart of the girl he loves.
184 p. 2005
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Kraft, Erik
Miracle Wimp
Presents episodes from the high school life of Tom Mayo, a wisecracking misfit, who is trying to navigate his way through Wood Shop, dating, driving, and class tormentors.
245 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Fabulous Reads for Middle Schoolers -- Fiction
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Krovatin, Christopher
Heavy Metal and You
Sam wears spiked bracelets, gets wasted with his friends, and has almost encyclopedic knowledge about heavy-metal music. But he's also incredibly intelligent and as knowledgeable about classic literature as he is about the music he loves. He begins to date Melissa, a straightedge who doesn't drink or do drugs and doesn't like the fact that he does. Sam tries to modify his behavior for the girl who is more important to him than he ever thought possible, but pleasing Melissa means completely changing who he is.
186 p. 2005
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Levithan, David
Boy Meets Boy
Paul is smitten with Noah, and they are beginning a serious relationship when Kyle, Paul's ex, complicates things by deciding that all is forgiven. Joni is going out with Chuck, who dominates her, much to her friends' disapproval. Tony's conservative parents refuse to acknowledge that he is gay, so the others must bone up on Bible verses all week so they can pretend Saturday night is a study group. And then there's Infinite Darlene, football quarterback and Homecoming Queen, who deserves a whole romance novel of her own. Life in their town is gloriously accepting of differences and only occasionally verges on magic realism, in this novel in which same sex preference is not the problem
185 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
GLBTQ
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Lyga, Barry
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy Goth Girl
A fifteen-year-old geek who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself.
311 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Extraordinary Reads for High Schoolers
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Miller, Sarah
Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn
"Everything you've ever wondered about what guys think (and feared about what they want), I'm going to tell you," says the anonymous narrator. And she does--every kind, gentle, anxious, sordid, crazy, vindictive, sexy thought that goes through 15-year-old Gideon Rayburn's head is channeled through the narrator's pen, a fellow student at Midvale, a Massachusetts prep school. We never learn her identity, only that she is one of the beautiful girls about whom Gid fantasizes.
304 p. 2006
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Shaw, Tucker
Flavor of the Week
Cyril, 16, is an aspiring chef who dreams of studying at the prestigious American Institute of Culinary Arts. He also dreams of a future with the beautiful Rose, who only sees him as her chubby, good-natured friend. She's smitten instead with his best friend, Nick. After Nick pretends he's the one who baked the "kitchen-sink cookies" that Rose goes wild for, Cyril agrees to help Nick win the girl by secretly preparing a series of delicious gourmet meals.
220 p. 2003
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Classics Revamped
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Sonnenblick, Jordan
Zen and the Art of Faking it
When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
264 p. 2007
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Book Trailers Autumn 2007
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Thompson, Craig
Blankets : an Illustrated Novel
An autobiographical tale of growing up, falling in love (and realizing the physical and moral complications that can imply), discovering the texture and limits of faith, and arriving at a point from which you can look back at those experiences.
582 p 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
Graphic Novels: Literature
Graphic Novels for Teens
Extraordinary Reads for High Schoolers
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Van Draanen, Wendelin
Flipped
In alternating chapters, two teenagers, one a boy, the other, a girl, describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
212 p. 2001
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Wizner, Jake
Spanking Shakespeare
Shakespeare Shapiro navigates a senior year fraught with feelings of insecurity while writing the memoir of his embarrassing life, worrying about his younger brother being cooler than he is, and having no prospects of ever getting a girlfriend.
287 p. 2007
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