Young Adult Fiction/Nonfiction Bibliography Fall 2010



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The outcasts. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, [2007].
While on a field trip, five outcasts--who normally never participate in school activities--are transported to a different dimension and must try to return to reality.

FIC MAZ

Mazer, Harry. A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2001.
While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell.

FIC MAZ

Mazer, Harry. A boy no more. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated from Hawaii to California, where he must deal with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment camps, his father, and his own identity.

FIC MAZ

Mazer, Harry. Heroes don't run. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005.
To honor his father who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam eagerly enlists in the Marines in 1944, survives boot camp, and faces combat on the tiny island of Okinawa.

FIC MAZ

Mazer, Harry. When the phone rang. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1985.
When their parents are killed in an airplane crash, three siblings try to keep the family together in the face of overwhelming personal and financial problems.

FIC MAZ

Mazer, Norma Fox, 1931-. The missing girl. 1st ed. New York : HarperTeen, c2008.
In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.

FIC MCD

McDonell, Nick,. Twelve : A novel. New York: Grove, 2002.
"White Mike" dresses in an overcoat and lives with his Dad in Manhattan. Mike doesn't smoke, drink or do drugs, but he sells drugs to moneyed teens, leading to tragedy. This shocker novel was written by a seventeen-year-old young man.

FIC MCD

McDonnell, Margot. Torn to pieces. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
Seventeen-year-old Anne's life takes on a nightmarish quality when her quirky mother, frequently away on business trips, disappears, and a strange man begins leaving messages on the answering machine for someone who does not live there.

FIC MCG

McGuigan, Mary Ann. Morning in a different place. 1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Front Street, c2009.
In 1963 in the Bronx, New York, eighth-graders Fiona and Yolanda help one another face hard decisions at home despite family and social opposition to their interracial friendship, but Fiona is on her own when popular classmates start paying attention to her and give her a glimpse of both a different way of life and a new kind of hatefulness.

FIC MCN

McNamee, Graham. Acceleration. 1st Dell Laurel-Leaf ed. New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2005, c2003.
Stuck working in the lost and found department of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.

FIC MEA

Mead, Richelle. Spirit bound. New York : Razorbill, c2010.
Rose Hathaway returns to St. Vladimir's in time for graduation, but while she looks forward to starting her life outside the academy, her heart longs for Dimitri; meanwhile, Dimitri begins to search for Rose with the intention of keeping her with him forever.

FIC MEY

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. Breaking dawn. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008.
Continues the story of the human Bella and the vampire Edward whose love is threatened by their difference, a werewolf named Jacob, and other outside influences.

FIC MEY

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. Eclipse : A novel. New York: Little, Brown, 2007.
Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her relationship with Edward, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of the city.

FIC MEY

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. New moon. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008, c2006.
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.

FIC MEY

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. The short second life of Bree Tanner : an Eclipse novella. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
Bree, a newborn vampire and part of the army preparing to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, does not recall much about her life as a human, but knows enough to realize she is a pawn in a dangerous game that could end in her death--for the last time.

FIC MEY

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. Twilight : A novel. New York: Little, Brown, 2005. (Paperback).
When 17 year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

FIC MIT

Mitchell, Saundra. Shadowed summer. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
In the small town of Ondine, Louisiana, fourteen-year-old Iris uncovers family secrets when she conjures up the ghost of a boy missing for decades and decides to solve the mystery of his disappearance.

FIC MOR

Moranville, Sharelle Byars. The snows. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2007.
With the thread of family that connects them through the generations, Jim born in 1931, Cathy in 1942, Jill in 1969, and Mona in 2006 each find "sixteen" to be the pivotal age in their lives.

FIC MOR

Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful. 1st American ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2004.
When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.

FIC MYE

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Monster. 1st Harper Tempest ed. New York : HarperTempest, 2001, c1999.
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

FIC MYE

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Shooter. 1st ed. New York, NY : Amistad, c2004.
Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

FIC MYE

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Slam! New York : Scholastic Press, c1996.
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.

FIC MYE

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. What they found : love on 145th street. 1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2007.
The fashion show, grand opening, and bar-b-que memorial service -- What would Jesus do? -- Mama --The life you need to have -- Burn -- Some men are just funny that way --Jump at the sun -- Law and order -- The man thing -- Society for the preservation of sorry-butt negroes --Madonna -- The real deal -- Marisol and Skeeter -- Poets and plumbers -- Combat zone. Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, including a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.

FIC NA

Na, An, 1972-. A step from heaven. 1st ed. Asheville, NC : Front Street, 2001.
Young Ju Park is unhappy with her journey to America as her family suffers hard times upon their arrival, yet when her father suddenly becomes violent, Young Ju is thankful when he leaves so that her family can start over.

FIC NA

Na, An, 1972-. Wait for me. New York : Putnams, c2006.
As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.

FIC NAP

Napoli, Donna Jo. The smile. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2008.
A fictionalized biography that describes the life of Elisabetta, the woman who posed for Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa.

FIC NAP

Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Alligator bayou. 1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2009.
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.

FIC NAP

Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Bound. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.

FIC NAP

Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Hush : an Irish princess' tale. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.

FIC NIX

Nix, Garth,. Abhorsen. New York: Harper Collins, 2003.
Abhorsen-in-waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a wallmaker, must confront and find the evil spirit Orannis before it can destroy all life.

FIC NOR

Northrop, Michael. Gentlemen. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
When three teenaged boys suspect that their English teacher is responsible for their friend's disappearance, they must navigate a maze of assorted clues, fraying friendships, violence, and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" before learning the truth.

FIC NOR

Norton, Andre. The crystal gryphon. [1st ed.]. New York, : Atheneum, 1972.
Kerovan, whose cloven hoofs instead of feet set him apart from the human folk of the Dales, seeks to uncover the mystery surrounding his birth and the nature of his ultimate destiny.

FIC OAT

Oates, Joyce Carol,. Big mouth and ugly girl. New York: HarperTempest, 2002.
When sixteen-year old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid.

FIC OAT

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. Freaky green eyes. 1st ed. New York : HarperTempest, c2003.
Fifteen-year-old Franky relates the events of the year leading up to her mother's mysterious disappearance and her own struggle to discover and accept the truth about her parents' relationship.

FIC OSA

Osa, Nancy,. Cuba 15. New York: Delacorte, 2003.
Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming "quince," a Spanish nickname for the celebration of a Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday.

FIC PAO

Paolini, Christopher. Brisingr, or, The seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, c2008.
Book 3. Eragon tries to uphold the oath he made to save Katrina from King Galbatorix, while being pulled in different directions by the needs of the Varden, elves, and dwarves--all of whom need his help and strength to overcome the tyranny of the king.

FIC PAO

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. 1st Knopf trade pbk. ed. New York : Knopf :, 2005, c2002.
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.

FIC PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. The 6th target. 1st Grand Central Pub. ed. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2008.
When one member of the Women's Murder Club is brutally attacked, her three companions work to keep her attacker behind bars, while Lindsay Boxer investigates a series of kidnappings in which children and their nannies are being abducted without ransom demands.

FIC PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. The dangerous days of Daniel X. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008.
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake.

FIC PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Daniel X : watch the skies. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
A dangerous outlaw arrives in the small town of Holliswood, where everything seems perfect, with the intention of documenting the chaos and destruction he hopes to cause, and Daniel X attempts to stop the powerful villain with a hand-picked team.

FIC PAU

Pausewang, Gudrun. Traitor. 1st American ed. Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, 2006.
During the closing months of World War II, a fifteen-year-old German girl must decide whether or not to help an escaped Russian prisoner of war, despite the serious consequences if she does so.

FIC PEN

Peña, Matt de la. Ball don't lie. New York : Delacorte, c2005.
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.

FIC PEN

Peña, Matt de la. Mexican whiteboy. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
Danny, who is tall and skinny but has a talent for pitching a fastball, cannot seem to fit in at school in San Diego, where his Mexican and white heritage causes people to judge him before he even speaks.

FIC PER

Perkins, Mitali. Secret keeper. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
In 1974 when her father leaves New Delhi, India, to seek a job in New York, Ashi, a tomboy at the advanced age of sixteen, feels thwarted in the home of her extended family in Calcutta where she, her mother, and sister must stay, and when her father dies before he can send for them, they must remain with their relatives and observe the old-fashioned traditions that Ashi hates.

FIC PET

Petrucha, Stefan. Torn. 1st ed. New York : HarperTeen, c2007.
Sixteen-year-old Devin's rock band, Torn," is on the verge of big success thanks to his latest song, a tune based on a lullaby his grandmother once sang to him, but when a band mate is murdered and other killings occur, Devin starts to wonder whether his song has called up something evil.

FIC PIC

Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. Change of heart : a novel. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2008.
June Nealon's life is shattered when Shay Bourne murders her husband and daughter, but when her eleven-year-old daughter, Claire, needs a heart transplant, Bourne decides that his only chance at redemption is to give Claire his heart after he is put to death, leaving June to decide if she wants to let the man who destroyed her life save her daughter's.

FIC PIC

Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. Nineteen minutes : a novel. 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed. New York : Washington Square Press, 2008, c2007.
The people of Sterling, New Hampshire, are forever changed after a shooting at the high school leaves ten people dead, and the judge presiding over the trial tries to remain unbiased, even though her daughter witnessed the events and was friends with the assailant.

FIC PIX

Pixley, Marcella Fleischman. Freak. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.

FIC POH

Pohl, Frederik. The annals of the Heechee. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1987.
"A Del Rey book." Humans and Heechee unite in a constant vigil to defend themselves against an alien race that had never met defeat.

FIC POT

Potter, Ryan. Exit strategy. 1st ed. Woodbury, Minn. : Flux, c2010.
Seventeen-year-old Zach, his best friend and state wrestling champion Tank, and Tank's twin sister Sarah, an Ivy League-bound scholar, are desperate to leave their depressing hometown of Blaine, Michigan, after graduation, but plans go awry when Zach uncovers a steroid scandal and falls in love with Sarah.

FIC PRE

Preisler, Jerome. Tom Clancy's power plays : Wild card. New York : Berkley Books, c2004.

FIC PRE

Pressler, Mirjam. Let sleeping dogs lie. 1st U.S. ed. Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, 2007.
Johanna, a German girl, learns on a trip to Israel that her family's successful clothing store was originally owned by a Jewish family and was acquired by her grandfather through the anti-Semitic laws of the Nazi regime.

FIC RAI

Rainfield, C. A. (Cheryl A.). Scars. 1st ed. Lodi, NJ : WestSide Books, c2010.
Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist who has not felt safe since she began to remember devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, cannot seem to recall her abuser's identity and copes with the stress by cutting herself.

FIC RAW

Rawles, Nancy, 1958-. My Jim : a novel. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, [2006], c2005.
Ex-slave Sadie Watson reveals to her granddaughter her experiences while in bondage and the love she had for her husband, Jim, who escaped down the Mississippi with Huck Finn when he learned he was to be sold.

FIC RIC

Rich, Naomi. Alis. New York : Viking, 2009.
Raised within the strict religious confines of the Community of the Book, Alis flees from an arranged marriage to the much older Minister of her town, and her life takes a series of unexpected twists before she returns to accept her fate.

FIC RIC

Richards, Justin. The chaos code. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Fifteen-year-old Matt and his new friend Robin travel the globe on a quest to retrieve an ancient code--rumored to have brought down the ancient civilization of Atlantis--from the hands of a madman who is bent on destroying the modern world.

FIC RIC

Richards, Justin. The parliament of blood. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
In Victorian London, after discovering that vampires really do exist and plot to end the human race, friends George, Liz, and Eddie join Sir William Protheroe in an increasingly desperate effort to find ways to stop them from overthrowing Parliament and, eventually, taking over the world.

FIC ROS

Rosoff, Meg. How I live now. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2006], c2004.
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

FIC SAN

Sanow, Anne.


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