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Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
A teenage girl's descent into addiction and the consequences it has on her life and relationships.
Crank takes place the summer before and during the protagonist Kristina's junior year of high school. She is a straight-A honor roll student and decides to visit her father for three weeks. Her ... (Wikipedia)
Burned
by Ellen Hopkins
A young girl's struggle to survive physical and emotional abuse in her family.
Pattyn is seventeen years old and is the oldest of seven girls in a Mormon household. Her father is an alcoholic who beats her mother, believing a wife must succumb to her husband's actions. Her ... (Wikipedia)
Impulse
by Ellen Hopkins
A teenage girl's struggle to overcome trauma, while discovering her true identity.
From the book jacket: Conner Sykes : Conner is the perfect boy. He's handsome, has amazing grades, and is amazing at sports. His family seems like the poster family for the magazines. He and his twin ... (Wikipedia)
Revenge of the Wannabes
by Lisi Harrison
The third book in the "The Clique" series follows Massie Block and her friends as they navigate the social hierarchy of their exclusive middle school.
Weeks before Christmas. Alicia and Olivia are on their way to Manhattan so the Teen People editors can do a story on them about winning the Octavian Country Day uniform design contest. When Massie ... (Barnes & Noble)
How to Be Popular
by Meg Cabot
A high school girl transforms herself from a social outcast to a popular girl, but realizes the true value of friendship and being true to oneself.
Steph Landry has been the target of jokes since sixth grade when she spilt a red Super Big Gulp on Lauren Moffat's white D&G skirt. In response, Lauren coined the phrase "Don't be such a Steph ... (Wikipedia)
Flipped
by Wendelin Van Draanen
A boy and girl's perspectives on their relationship change as they grow up.
Julianna 'Juli' Baker meets Bryce Loski two weeks before the beginning of second grade. Though Juli believes she’s in love, Bryce is annoyed by her constant and persistent attention. In elementary ... (Wikipedia)
Because I'm Worth It
by Cecily von Ziegesar
A group of privileged teenagers navigate their way through the ups and downs of high society in New York City.
The wickedly funny fourth book in the #1, New York Times, bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the new series coming to HBO Max's Spring 2020 launch season (alongside hit ... (Barnes & Noble)
Candy
by Kevin Brooks
A teenage girl falls in love with a drug dealer and gets caught up in a dangerous world of addiction and crime.
The story opens when Joe Beck, a music lover with a knack for curiosity, meets 16-year-old Candy on the streets of London . Joe soon learns that Candy is not only a runaway from her home town, but ... (Wikipedia)
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion
A zombie's story of overcoming his undead state to find true love.
Now a major motion picture from Summit Entertainment. R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He ... (Goodreads)
13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
A teenage girl embarks on a journey to Europe, following instructions from her late aunt's 13 envelopes.
Virginia (Ginny) Blackstone, a seventeen-year-old girl who is on summer break before her final year of high school, has received 13 blue envelopes from her self-proclaimed "Runaway Aunt" Peg, who has ... (Wikipedia)
The Skin I'm In
by Sharon G. Flake
A teenage girl's journey to self-acceptance and understanding in a society that values conformity.
Miss Saunders, whose skin is blotched with a rare skin condition, serves as a mirror to Maleeka Madison's struggle against the burden of low self-esteem that many black girls face when they're darker ... (Goodreads)
Gossip Girl
by Cecily von Ziegesar
A group of wealthy teenagers living in the Upper East Side of New York City navigate their way through high school while dealing with drama, secrets, and scandals.
Welcome to New York City’s Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep—sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren’t careful, she’s going ... (Goodreads)
Heist Society
by Ally Carter
A group of teenage thieves join forces to pull off a daring heist.
When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat ... (Goodreads)
Boy Meets Boy
by David Levithan
A teenage love story between two boys in a utopian world where being gay is the norm.
Openly gay high school sophomore Paul lives in a LGBT-friendly small town in New Jersey. He is best friends with Joni, whom he has known since early childhood and to whom he came out in second grade, ... (Wikipedia)
The Way I Used to Be
by Amber Smith
After being raped by her brother's best friend, Eden struggles to cope with the aftermath and keep her secret hidden.
A New York Times bestseller. In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel “is a poignant book that realistically looks at the lasting effects of trauma on love, relationships, and life” ... (Barnes & Noble)
Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks
A teenage girl's diary chronicling her journey into drug addiction and eventual redemption.
In 1968, a 15-year-old girl begins keeping a diary, in which she records her thoughts and concerns about issues such as crushes, weight loss, sexuality, social acceptance, and relating to her ... (Wikipedia)
Sloppy Firsts
by Megan McCafferty
A teenage girl's struggles with growing up, family life, and relationships.
“My parents suck ass. Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don’t they realize that Hope’s the only one who keeps ... (Goodreads)
Keeping the Moon
by Sarah Dessen
A teenage girl finds friendship and learns to accept herself during a summer spent in a beach town.
While her mother, a famous television fitness coach, is on promotion tour in Europe, fifteen-year-old Colie has to spend the summer holidays with her aunt Mira in Colby, North Carolina . Having ... (Wikipedia)
Smile
by Raina Telgemeier
A young girl navigates the challenges of middle school and braces, overcoming obstacles with the help of her friends.
For fans both new and old, Smile is now available with fifteen pages of never-before-seen content exclusively at B&N. Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she ... (Barnes & Noble)
It's Not Summer Without You
by Jenny Han
A teenage girl's summer of romance, friendship, and family secrets.
Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to, The Summer I Turned Pretty, from the, New York Times, bestselling author of, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, (now a major ... (Barnes & Noble)
Dreamland
by Sarah Dessen
A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, navigating the complexities of relationships and growing up.
The book is split into three parts. Caitlin O'Koren has just realized that on her 16th birthday, her 18 year-old sister, Cass, has run away. Everybody completely forgets about Caitlin's birthday. Her ... (Wikipedia)
We'll Always Have Summer
by Jenny Han
Three siblings' summer of love and loss, growing up amidst conflicting family obligations.
It's been two years since Conrad told Belly to go with Jeremiah. She and Jeremiah have been inseparable ever since, even attending the same college—only, their relationship hasn't exactly been the ... (Goodreads)
Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine
A young girl with Asperger's syndrome navigates the aftermath of her brother's death and seeks closure through a school play.
The book centers around a school shooting. The main character is a 10-year-old girl with autism named Caitlin Smith who is preoccupied with drawing and dictionaries. Her older brother Devon has just ... (Wikipedia)
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
by Jenny Han
A young girl navigates the ups and downs of first love and family.
Now in her final year of high school, Lara Jean Song Covey is excitedly looking forward to attending school with her boyfriend, Peter Kavinsky, at the University of Virginia (UVA). Peter has been ... (Wikipedia)
This Lullaby
by Sarah Dessen
A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, learning to let go of the past and embrace love.
Remy is an eighteen-year-old who is about to leave for college. Her father, a musician, wrote his one and only hit song the day she was born. The song, called "This Lullaby," became extremely ... (Wikipedia)
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by Amy Tan
A Chinese-American woman rediscovers her heritage, uncovering her family's deep past.
Ruth is a self-sufficient woman who makes her living as a ghostwriter for self-help books . She lives with her boyfriend, Art Kamen, and acts as a stepmother to Art's two teenage daughters, Dory and ... (Wikipedia)
Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick
Two stories from different eras intertwine, revealing hidden connections between a deaf girl and a runaway boy.
Ben’s story starts in Gunflint Lake, Minnesota in June 1977. He was born deaf in his left ear. Ben’s mom, Elaine, was the town librarian, but died in a car crash. He now lives with his aunt and uncle ... (Wikipedia)
Specials
by Scott Westerfeld
A thrilling adventure story about a group of teenagers with superhuman abilities.
The third novel in the Uglies series begins two months after events in Pretties, when Tally Youngblood has become a member of an elite group of "Specials" - surgically enhanced super-humans - called ... (Wikipedia)
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy
A young man's struggle to survive the brutal hazing rituals of a Southern military college.
Will McLean, returning to the Carolina Military Institute in Charleston, South Carolina an unknown number of years after his graduation, tells the story of his life at the Institute. In 1966, Will ... (Wikipedia)
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
A teenage girl's struggle to survive an apocalyptic disaster, relying on her resilience and resourcefulness.
Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, ... (Goodreads)
