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An Abundance of Katherines Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships. awards: Horn Book Fanfare: 2006, Michael L. Printz Honor: 2007, Booklist Editor's Choice: 2006, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2007 subjects: Interpersonal Relations, Self-Perception, Mathematics |
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Born to Rock High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend. awards: Texas: Lone Star Reading List: 2008, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2007 subjects: Identity, Fathers and Sons, Punk Rock Music, Bands (Music) |
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Devilish Jane Jarvis, a senior at a Catholic girl's school in Providence, Rhode Island, tries to save her best friend by making a pact with a demon--in the form of a cupcake-eating, very friendly teenage girl. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2007 subjects: Demonology, Supernatural, Best Friends, Catholic Schools, High Schools, Providence (R.I.) |
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Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include "Intelligent Design" in lessons on evolution. subjects: Evolution, Conduct of Life, Interpersonal Relations, Christian Life, Blogs |
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A Field Guide to High School Andie and her best friend Bess read through a manual Andie's Yale-bound sister wrote for her, which is filled with tips and tricks for excelling at Plumstead Country Day high school where Andie is about to be a freshman. subjects: High Schools, Interpersonal Relations, Sisters, Humorous Stories |
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Fly By Night A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language to find a better life. awards: Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Books: 2006, SLJ Best Books for Children: 2006, Bulletin Blue Ribbons: 2006 subjects: Swindlers and Swindling, Geese, Language and Languages, Books and Reading, Guilds, Fantasy |
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King Dork High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life. awards: New Hampshire: Flume Award Nominees: 2008 subjects: Identity, Fathers, High Schools, Mystery and Detective stories |
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The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie Class brain Bindy Mackenzie has alienated her entire high school but when she realizes someone is trying to kill her, she has to make friends in order to get help. subjects: Interpersonal Relations, High Schools, Australia |
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Return of Death Eric Convinced that a raven has cursed him with bad luck, Eric Trashmettle ends his career as leader of Death Eric, the best rock band in the universe, and becomes an embarrassment to his two children who, when they realize that the family's finances are suffering, plot to get him back on the stage for a comeback. subjects: Rock Music, Musicians, Humorous Stories, England |
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Slam At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically. subjects: Tony Hawk, Teenage Fathers, Teenage Parents, Infants, Skateboarding, England |
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Sleeping Freshman Never Lie While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer. awards: subjects: Self-Confidence, Conduct of Life, Interpersonal Relations, Authorship, Brothers, High Schools, Pennsylvania |
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Spanking Shakespeare Shakespeare Shapiro navigates a senior year fraught with feelings of insecurity while writing the memoir of his embarrassing life, worrying about his younger brother being cooler than he is, and having no prospects of ever getting a girlfriend. subjects: Coming of Age, Authorship, High Schools |
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The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies." awards: Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice: 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2005, ALA Notable Children's Books: 2005, Christopher Book Award: 2005, Vermont: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book A: 2006 subjects: Education, Teachers, Country Life-Indiana, Humorous Stories |
List updated June 2008— Patti Cook
