Blade: Playing Deadby Tim Bowler
A fourteen-year-old British street person with extraordinary powers of observation and self-control must face murderous thugs connected with a past he has tried to forget, when his skills with a knife earned him the nickname, Blade.
Girlfriend Materialby Melissa Kantor
Kate has never had a boyfriend. But while crashing at her mother's wealthy friends' home at Cape Cod for the summer, Kate meets Adam. But when her breezy summer romance with Adam becomes more complicated, Kate asks herself if she is girlfriend material.
Sproutby Dale Peck
Moving from Long Island to Kansas after his mother dies, a teenaged boy nicknamed Sprout is surprised to find new friends, a fascinating landscape, and romantic love.
The Waters and the Wild by Francesca Lia Block
Thirteen-year-old Bee realizes that she is a fairy who has been switched at birth with another girl who now wants her life back.
No Such Thing as the Real Worldby M.T. Anderson, An Na and many more
Six award-winning young adult authors present short stories featuring teens who have to face the "real world" for the first time.
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan DowdCoolbar, Ireland, is a village of secrets and Shell, caretaker to her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother and with the absence of their father, is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.
Closed for the Season by Mary Downing HahnWhen thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burrby Judith St. George
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were intertwined for some twenty-five years, with their resentments and misunderstandings culminating in a tragic duel.
