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Boy
Toy by Barry Lyga. After five years of
fighting his way past flickers of memory about the teacher who molested
him and the incident that brought the crime to light, eighteen-year-old
Josh gets help in coping with his molestor's release from prison when he
finally tells his best friends the whole truth.
King
Dork by Frank Portman. High school loser
Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues
to the many mysteries in his life.
Lock
and Key by Sarah Dessen. When she is
abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up
living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns
about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help
her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
The
Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. When
she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart
finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles
to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim
her rightful throne.
Suck
It Up
by Brian
Meehl. A teenage vampire sets out to prove that not all vampires are
the same by demonstrating his non-violent attitude, his sensitive
nature, and his desperate need for understanding as the soy-blood
substitute drinking guy and Vampire Pride Parade participant that he is.Ask your librarian
for these titles!!!
Some annotations reprinted with permission of the Young
Adult Library Services Association, division of American Library Association.
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