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cover art PAPERQUAKE: A PUZZLE
by Kathryn Reiss
  cover art GOSSIP TIMES THREE
by Amy Goldman Koss

When an earthquake sends old letters and scraps of diary entries tumbling out of new cracks in the walls of a house her family is remodeling, Violet discovers a love story from nearly 100 years earlier that seems to involve her! This is a fast-paced novel that is part mystery, part romance.

 

Can the friendship of three girls survive when two of them have a crush on the same boy?

cover art MY NOT-SO-TERRIBLE TIME AT THE HIPPIE HOTEL
by Rosemary Graham
  cover art HOW I FELL IN LOVE & LEARNED TO SHOOT FREE THROWS
by John Ripslinger

Tracy is forced to vacation with her dad, sister and brother at the Farnsworth House, a resort where divorced parents and their children are encouraged to spend "together time". Here Tracy moves beyond her preconceptions and actually finds a new understanding of her situation, new friends and even some romance! Once you start reading this one you CAN NOT put it down!

 

Even as Angel is beating him in a free throw contest in front of the entire school, seventeen-year old Danny is falling in love with her! But family secrets and teasing from schoolmates threaten their relationship from the start. Will these two teens find love on and off the court? You will want to read this fast-paced story with plenty of action to find out!

cover art STONER & SPAZ
by Ron Koertge
  BORN TOO SHORT: TRUE CONFESSIONS OF AN EIGHTH-GRADE BASKET CASE
by Dan Elish

Ben, an over-protected teen with cerebral palsy finds love with Colleen, a pot-addicted young woman. As their romance blossoms, Colleen encourages Ben to direct his own documentary while Ben challenges Colleen to get clean.

 

This is a hilarious, first-person account of a boy who envies his best friend his height, good looks, athleticism and ability to attract any girl he wants.

cover art AM I BLUE?: COMING OUT FROM THE SILENCE
by Marion Dane Bauer
  cover art MOTOWN AND DIDI
by Walter Dean Myers

This is a wonderful, varied collection of short stories about homosexuality as teens discover their own loves and deal with the relationships of family members and friends.

 

Two teenagers find love as they band together against the drug dealers in their Harlem neighborhood. Read about these survivors...kids you would like to know.

Selected by the Youth Services Librarians, San Mateo County Library - 2004
 
 

 

 
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