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Y / Bennett
A heart divided.
Cherie Bennett & Jeff Gottesfeld. 2004. (MJS)
When sixteen year old Kate's family moves to a small town in the
conservative South, she's devastated. She doesn't expect to fall for a
wealthy (and gorgeous) Southerner or to get involved in a volatile controversy over the Confederate
flag.
Y / Brashares
Girls in pants: The third summer of the sisterhood.
Ann Brashares. 2005. (JS)
Remember the enchanting story of friendship in Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants? Bridget, Carmen, Tibby, and Lena are back for another summer of
family, fun, love - and of course, friendship - with the magic pair of
shopworn jeans.
Y / Brian
The princess & the pauper.
Kate Brian. 2003. (MJS)
When sixteen-year-old Julia, of Los Angeles, and sixteen-year-old Princess
Carina, of Vineland, switch places, Julia dances at the ball with the
incredible Markus and Carina escapes rigid protocol to spend time with a
rock star.
Y / Cabot
Princess in pink.
Meg Cabot. 2004. (JS)
In this fifth book of the Princess Diaries series, high school freshman (and
Genovian Princess) Mia describes her humorous efforts to get her reluctant
boyfriend to take her to the prom.
Y / Cohn
Pop princess.
Rachel Cohn. 2004. (JS)
Yearning to escape the small Massachusetts town where her family retreated
after her sister's death, Wonder Blake gets her chance when her sister's
manager offers Wonder a record contract on her sixteenth birthday. Wonder
learns about being a star - but at what cost?
Y / Dean
The a-list: A novel.
Zoey Dean. 2003. (JS)
Seventeen-year-old blueblood Anna Percy leaves Manhattan to spend the second
half of her senior year with her father in Los Angeles and quickly becomes
involved in the lives of the rich and famous at Beverly Hills High School.
Escapist reading while you relax by the pool.
Y / Gauthier
Saving the planet & stuff.
Gail Gauthier. 2003. (S)
After losing his summer job with his uncle, sixteen-year-old Michael agrees
to go to work for an environmentalist magazine in Vermont run by friends of
his grandparents.
Y / Levithan
Boy meets boy.
David Levithan. 2003. (JS)
Imagine a high school where kids are accepted for who they are - gay or
straight. This story about friends and falling in love takes place in an
almost magically open-minded school. Full of humor and heart.
Y / McLaren
Aphrodite's blessings : Love stories from the Greek myths.
Clarence McLaren. 2002. (MJS)
A trilogy of love stories set in Ancient Greece.
Y / Schreiber
Vampire kisses.
Ellen Schreiber. 2003. (JS)
Sixteen-year-old Raven is a Goth outcast who always wears black and hopes to
become a vampire some day. She falls in love with the mysterious new boy in
town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true. Spooky,
escapist romance.
Y / Zeises
Contents under pressure.
Lara Zeises. 2004. (MJS)
Lucy, a fourteen-year-old high school freshman, experiences the happiness
and confusion of dating a popular older boy, changing relationships with
life-long friends, and sharing a bedroom with her older brother's pregnant
girlfriend.
M: Middle School Students
J: 7th - 9th Graders
S: High School Students
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