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Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude: And Other commandments I Have Broken
(age 14+) by Rosemary Graham growing up ... humor ... friendship ... authorship ... school Publisher comments: Just when Kelsey is finally fitting into her new California life, C. J. Logan comes along. He's hot, popular, and revered as the best skateboarder around. Girls want to be with him, and boys want to be him. And Kelsey is lucky enough to be his girlfriend. But when she decides that their relationship is over, she could not have imagined what would happen next. With rumors flying, she is forced to figure out who her true friends are and, more importantly, who her true self really is. |
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Lucky T
(age 14+) by Kate Brian growing up ... friendship ... adventure ... humor Publisher comments: So far, Carrie Fitzgerald's sixteen years have been pretty sweet. Straight A's, an adorable boyfriend, a starting position on the varsity basketball team. But Carrie's luck is about to, well, change. Suddenly, her boyfriend dumps her (to "hang out with his friends"!), she and her best friend have a massive blowout, and she gets a D on a biology test. Carrie knows what's wrong; her mom accidentally donated her lucky T-shirt to Help India. That one adorable, perfect T-shirt was the source of all her good fortune. So Carrie does what any girl would do: She's going to India. Cross your fingers and hope that Carries finds adventure, love, and maybe just a little good luck along the way. |
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You Maybe: The Profound Asymmetry of Love in High School
(age 14+) by Rachel Vail identity ... humor Publisher comments: Josie is independent and fierce. She may flirt with boys or kiss them, but it doesn't mean anything, not even with Michael, who's more like a friend-with-benefits. So how can she explain what happens when Carson Gold goes after her? Carson Gold, the hottest senior, the one everyone secretly watches. . . . Maybe it's the same thing that causes all the girls to stare as he walks by. Or maybe it's something between them, something just he and Josie share. Could you resist? It's too much, when love finds you and pulls you under. It's too much, even for Josie. |
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Boy Meets Girl
(age 14+) by Meg Cabot letters/journal ... humor Publisher comments: Meet Kate Mackenzie. She: works for the T.O.D. (short for Tyrannical Office Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins, Director of the Human Resources Division at the New York Journal) is sleeping on the couch because her boyfriend of ten years refuses to commit, can't find an affordable studio apartment anywhere in New York City, thinks things can't get any worse. They can. Because: the T.O.D. is making her fire the most popular employee in the paper's senior staff dining room that employee is now suing Kate for wrongful termination, and now Kate has to give a deposition in front of Mitch Hertzog, the scion of one of Manhattan's wealthiest law families, who embraces everything Kate most despises ... but also happens to have a nice smile and a killer bod. The last thing anybody (least of all Kate Mackenzie) expects to find in a legal arbitration is love. But that's the kind of thing that can happen when ... Boy Meets Girl. |
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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park
(age 14+) by Steve Kluger growing up ... friendship ... humor Publisher comments: "Dear Anthony: I appreciate your recent interest, but I'm not accepting applications at this time. Your letter will be kept in our files and someone will get back to you if there is an opening. Thank you for thinking of me. Respectfully, Alejandra Perez P.S. Its not Allie. Its Ale." Meet T.C., who is valiantly attempting to get Alejandra to fall in love with him; Alejandra, who is playing hard to get and is busy trying to sashay out from under the responsibilities of being a diplomats daughter; and T.C.'s brother Augie, who is gay and in love and everyone knows it but him. |
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Suck It Up
(age 14+) by Brian Meehl humor ... fantasy Catalog: After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity. |
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TTYL
(age 14+) by Lauren Myracle humor ... friendship ... realistic ... growing up ... letters/journal Publisher comments: An epistolary novel for the 21st century, this sharp, funny, and true-to-life breakout hit about friendship is told entirely in instant messages. And Internet-savvy teens have fallen in love with flirty Angela (SnowAngel), moody Maddie (mad maddie), and good girl Zoe (zoegirl) and their frank perceptions about a tumultuous tenth-grade semester. |
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Feed
(age 14+) by M. T. Anderson identity ... humor ... fantasy ... science fiction Publisher comments: For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon...a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows something about what it's like to live without the feed...and about resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. M. T. Anderson has created a brave new world...and a hilarious new lingo...sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement. |