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Book of the Day: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Suddenly unpopular sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.

Book of the Day: The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm

Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School.

Book of the Day: Last Dance at the Frosty Queen by Richard Uhlig

In the spring of 1988, as his high school graduation approaches, Artie Flood worries that he will never be able to escape his tiny Kansas town.

Book of the Day: Keeper by Mal Peet

In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.

Book of the Day: Back Talk by Alex Richards

Small town, sixteen-year-old Gemma comes to New York City to do a summer internship for Kate Morgan's talk show, only to have her eyes opened at some of the hard realities of her chosen career field.

Book of the Day: The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian

Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.

Book of the Day: Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

After fifteen-year-old Jeremiah is mistakenly shot by police, the people who love him struggle to cope with their loss as they recall his life and death, unaware that 'Miah is watching over them.

Book of the Day: The Stupid Crook Book by Leland Gregory

Really, really dumb, but true crimes!

Book of the Day: Don't Try This at Home : how to win a sumo match, catch a great white shark, start an independent nation ... by H.S. Fulgham

This step by step guide shows you how to be a movie daredevil.

Book of the Day: Click by Linda Sue Park et. al.

Stories within a story, written as separate chapters by ten juvenile authors including Linda Sue Park, Eoin Colfer, and Tim Wynne-Jones, reveal the adventurous life and legacy of George "Gee" Keane, a photojournalist and world traveler.

Book of the Day: Sure Fire by Jack Higgins

Resentful of having to go and live with their estranged father after the death of their mother, fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, soon find they have more complicated problems when their father is kidnapped and their attempts to rescue him involve them in a dangerous international plot to control the world's oil.

Book of the Day: Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith

Three alienated teenagers are drawn to a strange outdoor concert in the woods outside of Seattle, where they discover that they possess magical powers and that their destinies are intertwined.

Book of the Day: Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick

When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.

Book of the Day: Taken by Edward Bloor

In 2036 kidnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen-year-old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.

Book of the Day: Beastly by Alex Flinn

A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

Book of the Day: 10th grade : a novel by Joseph Weisberg

10th Grade is fabulous--it captures perfectly the essence of sophmore year--no longer a freshman, but still entirely clueless. Jeremy, our narrator, is a hilariously charming protagonist, unsure of himself, yet still pretty OK. He navigates his sophmore year quite well, dealing with making friends, handling family, getting a girlfriend.

TEEN READ WEEK!


Book of the Day: High on a Hill by Dorothy Garlock

Set during the prohibition period of the 1920's in rural Missouri, HIGH ON A HILL tells the story of Annabel Lee Donovan and her struggles with life, love, and her father's illegal bootlegging activities.

Book of the Day: The 6th Grade Nickname Game

Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.

Book of the Day: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.

Book of the Day: Hero by Perry Moore

Thom Creed is used to being on his own. Even as a high school basketball star, he has to keep his distance because of his father. Hal Creed had once been one of the greatest and most beloved superheroes of The League --- until the Wilson Towers incident. After that Thom's mother disappeared and his proud father became an outcast. The last thing in the world Thom would ever want is to disappoint his father. So Thom keeps two secrets from him: that he is gay, and that he has the power to heal people.

Book of the Day: Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old.

Book of the Day: The Spell Book of Listen Taylor : (and the Secrets of the Family Zing) by Jaclyn Moriarty

Twelve-year-old Listen Taylor learns a great deal from the eccentric and secretive Zing family, as she fumbles her way through a new school, problems with old friends, and a spell book she finds soon after she and her father move in with Marbie Zing.

Book of the Day: Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass

When high school junior Tessa Reynolds falls into a coma after getting hit in the head during gym class, she experiences heaven as the mall where her parents work, and she revisits key events from her life, causing her to reevaluate herself and how she wants to live.

Book of the Day: Right Behind You by Gail Giles

When he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. But the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret. How can Kip tell anyone that he really is --- or was --- a murderer?

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie ;

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Book of the Day: Being by Kevin Brooks

It was just supposed to be a routine exam. But when the doctors snake the fiber-optic tube down Robert Smith's throat, what they discover doesn't make medical sense.

Book of the Day: I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott

As a brunette on the all-blonde cheerleading squad at her new Florida high school, sophomore Annisa Gobrowski tries to fit in with her popular teammates without losing the friendship of Bethany, the only other non-blonde at the school.

Book of the Day: The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney by Lauren Barnholdt

While Devon was living with her grandmother for the summer she lied and told her friend, Lexi, that she was really popular back home and was dating the most popular guy at school. But now Lexi has moved to Devon's town and is going to her school, can Devon keep up the lie and actually become popular or will everything fall apart?

Book of the Day: Claws: a novel by Will Weaver

Jed and Laura, two popular Minnesota high school students, find their seemingly perfect lives suddenly in chaos when they discover that each has a parent who is having an affair with the other.

Book of the Day: Braced2Bite by Serena Robar

When Colby Blanchard is attacked and turned into a half-vampire, her senior year of high school becomes surreal as she vacillates between trying to save her life and worrying about losing her place on the cheerleading squad.

Book of the Day: Converting Kate by Beckie Weinheimer

After moving from Arizona to Maine, sixteen-year-old Kate tries to recover from her father's death as she resists her mother's dogmatic religious beliefs and attempts to find a new direction to her life.