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1) I can help
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Zahra loves spending time with Kyle at school, but when her other classmates start teasing her for helping him she starts making choices she regrets"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
At an exclusive East Coast boarding school, when seventeen-year-old sophisticated troublemaker Zoey Spalding plays a game with the class list--if you lose your virginity you get a star by your name--it sets in motion a chain of shocking events that leads to murder.
3) Buddha boy
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
117 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.
4) Jag
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jag learns to face both her fear of water and her fear of ridicule by comforting someone else who doesn't fit into the group.
5) Nicki: #5
Author
Series
American Girl today volume 5
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
126 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Nicki agrees to take over the training of Sprocket, a service dog, it is just one more thing in her overly full schedule, but much to her surprise, dog training teaches Nicki a valuable skill--how to stand up for herself. Includes photographs and essay on training service dogs.
Author
Language
English
Description
A gripping thriller about three young girlfriends, a dark obsession and a chilling crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa town. For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed to be an ordinary sleepover--movies and Ouija and talking about boys. But when they decide to sneak out to go to the abandoned rail yard on the outskirts of town, little do they know that their innocent games will have dangerous consequences. Later...
7) Thirsty
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships.
9) Old hat
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
After buying one outrageous hat after another in an attempt to keep up with the latest fashions set by his teasing animal friends, Harbet the dog learns that true happiness comes from being yourself.
10) Quinny & Hopper
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two polar-opposite eight year olds who become summer best friends find their friendship threatened by the uncertainties of a new school year"--
11) Afterparty
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tired of always being the good girl, Emma forms a friendship with fun and alluring Siobhan, but Siobhan's dangerous lifestyle becomes more than Emma can handle"--
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"When Stephen moves to the small, midwestern town where his father grew up, he quickly falls in with punk girl Cara and her charismatic twin brother, Devon. But the town has a dark secret, and the twins are caught in the middle of it"--
14) Trapped
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
232 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
273 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Desperate to be popular, fourteen-year-old Teresa shares her uncertainties with her old Ken and Barbie dolls as she learns that her mother is pregnant, her grandfather has Alzheimers, and having a boyfriend does not automatically solve all her problems.
16) I smell like ham
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
133 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nick tries to maintain his sense of integrity as he works to succeed on the school basketball team, adjust to his new stepmother and little "dorky" stepbrother, and deal with peer pressure from his friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amazing Amy embarks on a life lesson teaching it is better to be true to yourself, doing what you know is right, than to succumb to peer pressure.
18) Pants on fire
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
260 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly things start looking a lot different to her.
19) The julian game
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
200 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to improve her social status, a new scholarship student at an exclusive girls' school uses a fake online profile to help a popular girl get back at her ex-boyfriend, but the consequences are difficult to handle.