 | 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
Howe, James (ed)
No one will want to skip any of the twelve short stories and one poem that make up this collection by some of the most celebrated contemporary writers of teen fiction. The big bar mitzvah that goes suddenly, wildly, hilariously out of control. A first kiss – and a realization about one's sexual orientation. A crush on a girl that ends up putting the boy who likes her in the hos (more...) |
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 | 21 Proms
Levithan, David & Ehrenhaft, Daniel
Prom. It's a near-universal high school experience. And here at least 21 of today's bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors riff on it.
Authors include: Libba Bray, Jacqueline Woodson, Ned Vizzini, John Green, Sarah Mylnowski, Melissa de la Cruz, Holly Black, Brent Hartinger, Lisa Sandell, Will Leitch, Leslie Margolis, Cecily von Ziegessar, E. Lockhart, Jodi Anderson, Dav (more...) |
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 | 7 Days at the Hot Corner
Trueman, Terry
In baseball, fielding your position at third base is tricky—that's why third is called "the hot corner." You have to be aware that anything can happen at any time.
This should be the best year of Scott's life: It's his last season of varsity ball, his team is about to go to the city championship, and a pro career is on the line. Instead, everything he always counted on comes (more...) |
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 | About a Girl
Horniman, Joanne
I remember the first time that we lay together and I felt the crackle of her dark hair between my fingers, and closed my eyes and breathed her in, so that she became my entire world.
Anna is afraid she must be unlovable - until she meets Flynn. Together, the girls swim, eat banana cake, laugh and love. Some days Flynn is unreachable; other days she's at Anna's window - but w (more...) |
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 | Absolutely, Positively Not
LaRochelle, David
Grades 4 – Up
Steven's a 16-year-old boy with two obsessions: sex and getting his driving license. The problem is, Steven's not thinking girls when he's thinking sex. Could he be – don't say it – gay? Steven sets out to get in touch with his inner he-man with Healthy Heterosexual Strategies such as "Start Hanging Out with the Guys," and "Begin Intensive Dating." But are Stev (more...) |
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 | AIDS: Health Issues
Whelan, Jo
This book explains in simple tems what HIV is and how it attacks the immune system. It looks at the methods of spread, the myths and the reality, and it gives clear advice on prevention. There is also a chapter on testing and treatment. The book looks at how AIDS has spread all over the world, and the different stages of the AIDS disease are set out from first emergence to deat (more...) |
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 | Allison: A Story of First Love
Strelkoff, Tatiana
When she moves to a new city, Karen meets Allison - and true love blossoms for them both for the first time. But how can they live with this strange love? Or is it strange? Allison's parents are supportive, but what about Karen's? Mom wants everybody to be happy while Dad wants everything 'normal'. Things become very sticky when a schoolmate threatens Karen and thrusts her int (more...) |
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 | Am I Blue: Coming Out of the Silence
Bauer, Marion Dane
A carefully selected collection of stories for young adults which deal openly with homosexuality. Includes Leslea Newman, Nancy Garden, Bruce Coville, ME Kerr and William Sleator. (more...) |
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 | Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking
Sweeney, Aoibheann
Miranda's father has always seemed to her as obscure and elusive as the thick New England fog that surrounds their isolated island home. When she was three years old, her parents moved from Manhattan to tiny Crab Island off the coast of Maine so he could work on his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Not long after, her mother took the boat out one day, disappeared into the f (more...) |
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 | And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories
Savin-Williams, Ritch
This work examines the lives of young men who express the complications, adversities and satisfactions of being gay or bisexual in North America today. Written by a psychologist the book has a theoretical orientation but is interspersed with the personal stories of gay youth. Aimed at educators, youth workers and others involved with gay/bi youth. (more...) |
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 | Annie On My Mind
Garden, Nancy
25th Anniversary edition
This groundbreaking book, first published in 1982, is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings.
Of the author and the book, the Margaret A. Edwards Award committee said, Nancy Garden h (more...) |
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 | Arizona Kid
Koertge, Ron
I was in the West. The Old West. The Wild West! A whole summer in a new place: a place away from my parents, a place so hot the girls probably wore bikinis to church, a place where I'd take a giant step toward my dream: becoming a vet. A place where -- who knows? -- anything might happen.
From the moment sixteen-year-old Billy steps off the train in Tucson, he knows this wil (more...) |
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 | Ash
Lo, Malinda
In the world of Ash, fairies are an older race of people who walk the line between life and death, reality and magic. As orphaned Ash grows up, a servant in her stepmother s home, she begans to realise that her beloved mother, Elinor was very much in tune with these underworld folk, and that she herself has the power to see them too. Against the sheer misery of her stepm (more...) |
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 | Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
Crutcher, Chris
Six short stories, five of them about characters from Crutcher's novels. The protagonists are involved in sports, but the real theme is growing--grappling with something tough and finding the courage to carry on. For instance, in ``A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune'' (originally published in Connections, 1989, edited by Don Gallo), huge Angus has been elected Senior W (more...) |
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 | Bait
Sanchez, Alex
When a guy in his class looks at him funny, Diego punches him in the face, and ends up on probation. At first he wants nothing to do with his probation officer. But as Diego starts to open up, he begins to realize that Mr. Vidas is the first person in his life who ever really wanted to listen to him. With Vidas's help, Diego begins to make real progress in controlling his anger (more...) |
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 | Beat Goes On
Mincin, Adele
When Leyla's cousin, Emma wakes her with the news that she is HIV +tive, she is determined to help even if she has sworn not to discuss it with anyone.
Realistic and compelling novel about learning to live with HIV. Ages 14+ (more...) |
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 | Becoming Chloe
Hyde, Catherine Ryde
Meet Jordy. He’s on his own in New York City. Nobody to depend on; nobody depending on him. And it’s been working fine.
Until this girl comes along. She’s 18 and blond and pretty–her world should be perfect. But she’s seen things no one should ever see in their whole life–the kind of things that break a person. She doesn’t seem broken, though. She seems . . . innocent. Like (more...) |
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 | Bermudez Triangle
Johnson, Maureen
Nina, Mel and Avery have been best friends since they were tiny. The Bermudez Triangle - with Nina Bermudez at its heart - sharing secrets, gossip, everything. But one summer can change everything. When Nina goes away for a month, she comes back to find the world has changed. Mel and Avery have their own secret - one Nina can't be part of. A party led to a kiss led to two girls (more...) |
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 | Between Mom and Jo
Peters, Julie Anne
Jo promised Nick they’d always be together. So did Mom. When you’re a stupid little kid you believe what your parents tell you. You want to believe that your life will be good and nothing will change and everything—everyone—goes on forever. It’s not until later you find out people are liars, forever is a myth, and a kid with two moms should never be put in the position of ha (more...) |
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 | Beyond The Wind
Hood, Rob N.
Sex, religion, life, and death as seen through the eyes of a gay teenage boy.
After an embarrassing incident at a rural Nebraska high school, fourteen-year-old Christopher Talbot’s secret—that he is gay—is nearly exposed. On top of that, his depressed lover, Kyle, has run away to urban Omaha to work the streets. Christopher will do anything to get him back, but during the r (more...) |
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 | Black Rabbit Summer
Brooks, Kevin
Pete Boland was busy doing nothing that summer. Long, stiflingly hot, lazy days stretched ahead of him. Then she called.
Listen Pete . . . you know that funfair, up at the recreation ground . . . I thought we could all meet up . . . You know, for old times' sake.
But, where there are old times, there are old tensions. And as secrets, bitterness and jealousies resur (more...) |
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 | Blue Lawn
Taylor, William
In this award winning novel Taylor explores the angst, confusion and exhilaration felt by gay teens everywhere. High school students David and Theo have at first glance nothing in common. David is the star player of the school's rugby team, whilst Theo is a bit of an introvert and an outsider. An unlikely friendship develops between the two boys who had previously held a hostil (more...) |
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 | Boy Girl Boy
Koertge, Ron
Larry, Teresa, and Elliot are so tight, there's no room in their circle for any more than three: boy, girl, boy. That's just how it is. And when they graduate in a few months, they're moving to California to begin their real lives--together.
Or that's the plan, anyway. But who are they fooling? Larry is gay and still trying to coming to terms with his sexuality. Teresa is ti (more...) |
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 | Boy Meets Boy
Levithan, David
This is a fun young adult novel about a high school sophomore called Paul and his group of eccentric gay and straight friends. Same sex preference is not a problem in this novel, rather it is romance in general that seems to be giving everyone grief. Paul is smitten with Noah, and just as there relationship gets moving in comes Kyle, the ex. Other characters have there own dram (more...) |
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 | Boy2Girl
Blacker, Terence
Matthew Burton’s life has been fine until his American cousin crash-lands into it. Sam was only ever a distant rumour, a hippy kid who travels around the States with his wacky mother. Now he’s an orphan, dumped suddenly on the Burton’s doorstep.
According to Sam, everything in England sucks, and pretty soon he’s making trouble for Matthew and his friends. They want revenge (more...) |
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