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: 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. 
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.
Book of the Day: 7 Days at the Hot Corner by Terry Trueman
Varsity baseball player Scott Latimer struggles with his own prejudices and those of others when his best friend reveals that he is gay.
Book of the Day: Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman
Rick becomes friends with the popular new boy, Jake Garrett, football player and host of superlative parties, and in the process discovers the true nature of his schoolmates and uncovers the mystery of Jake's past.
Book of the Day: Sixth-grade Glommers, Norks, and Me by Lisa Papademetriou
As Allie Kimball starts sixth grade, she discovers that middle school is a very different world, populated with glommers -- those girls who cling to each other in groups; norks -- a combination of a nerd and a dork; and worst of all, squashes -- crushes that make you feel like your heart has been stepped on. Keeping a journal of words that help define her world, Allie tries to navigate through the strange land of sixth grade. With the help of her soccer team, a few new friends, and some shocking surprises from old friends, Allie soon discovers that she does have the strength to be herself.
Book of the Day: Firegirl by Tony Abbott
A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital.
Book of the Day: Schooled by Gordon Korman
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
Book of the Day: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
When seventeen-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.
Book of the Day: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie is navigating through the strange worlds of love, drugs, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and dealing with the loss of a good friend and his favorite aunt.
Book of the Day: The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
Book of the Day: 6-321 by Michael Laser
Sixth grade in a public school in Queens brings many changes into the life of Marc Chaikin, as he falls in love, deals with class bullies, overcomes his fear of school, and faces his parents' divorce.
Book of the Day: Agnes Parker: Girl in Progress by Kathleen O'Dell
As she starts in the sixth grade, Agnes faces challenges with her old best friend, a longtime bully, a wonderful new classmate and neighbor, and herself.
Book of the Day: Bullyville by Francine Prose
After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center on 9/11, thirteen-year-old Bart, still struggling with his feelings of guilt, sorrow and loss, wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully whose cruelty compounds the aftermath of the tragedy.
Book of the Day: Real Fitness: 100 Games to Get Girls Going! by American Girl
Round up some friends and play something fun! Get moving instead of sitting in front of the tv. You'll have fun and feel good too.
Book of the Day: The Curse of the Romanovs by Staton Rabin
Alexei Romanov, heir to the Russian throne, is in deadly danger. It's 1916, the struggling Russian people are tired of war and are blaming their Romanov rulers for it, and some are secretly plotting to murder the young heir and his family.
Book of the Day: Sure Fire by Jack Higgins
After their mother is killed, 15-year-old twins Rich and Jade are shocked when their long-lost father, John Chance, arrives. After Chance suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade uncover the truth: Hes a spy--and whoever has kidnapped their father is after them as well, in this first novel for young adults by the bestselling author of espionage.
Book of the Day: The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
In this haunting adventure, Marsh weaves together New York Citys secret history and its modern-day landscape to create a highly vivid ghost world, full of magical adventure and page-turning action
Book of the Day: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Set in a medieval Asian land, a classic Brothers Grimm tale is reimagined by a Newbery Honor author. In this completely unique retelling, filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise, a young maid sacrifices her freedom to accompany her mistress into exile
Book of the Day: A Dog Called Grk by Joshua Doder
British schoolboy finds adventure when he travels to a dangerous foreign country to return a small dog to its rightful owner.
Book of the Day: I am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
Joey's father returns, calling himself Charles Heinz and apologizing for his past bad behavior, and he swears that once Joey and his mother change their names and help him fix up the old diner he has bought, their lives will change for the better. Ing's note: even though the Joey Pigza series might be geared toward fourth or fifth grade, but everyone should read this entire series!
Book of the Day: Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.
Book of the Day: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Book of the Day: Uncle Ronald by Brian Doyle
In 1895, to escape his violent father, Mickey is sent to stay with his Uncle Ronald and his twin aunts in the hills north of Ottawa and learns to feel safe for the first time in his life.Book of the Day: The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
After escaping from the Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy. This is the squel to Farmer's Sea of Trolls.
Book of the Day: If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.
Edenville Owls by Robert B. Parker
Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II, finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.
Is chat room romance for real?
Lizard by Dennis Covington
Sent by his guardian to live at a Louisiana school for retarded boys, Lizard, a bright, deformed youngster, escapes with the help of a visiting actor who gives him a role in his repertory company's production of "The Tempest."
Shark Bait by Graham Salisbury
Twelve-year-old Mokes is torn between obeying his father, the police chief in the small town of Kailua, Hawaii, and being with his friends who plan to go see a fight between an island boy and a sailor.
With a Hammer for My Heart : a novel by George Ella Lyon
Deep in Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains live a handful of down-to-earth, loving, zealous, confused folks. All of them are in search of a shade of truth (though some seek deeper shades than others) and the right to live their lives according to particular rhythms. Lawanda, a teenager who is afraid she'll get stuck in the Appalachian hills, wants to go to college.
Blue Skin of the Sea ; a novel in stories by Graham Salisbury
Here's a rare, sensitive one about a young man coming of age in a Hawaiian fishing village. What do you do if your biggest fear surrounds you? . . . indeed, what if that which you fear brings life (and death) to those you love? For Sonny Mendoza, it's the sea itself which fills him with fear, and its his wrestling with its powerful force that brings him to adulthood.
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.