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	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Alexie, Sherman, 1966- New York : Little, Brown, c2007. 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. Subjects Headings Spokane Indians -- Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Juvenile fiction. Indian reservations -- Washington (State) -- Juvenile fiction. Washington (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.

	Chains : Seeds of America Anderson, Laurie Halse. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008. After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War. Subjects Headings Slavery -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Spies -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.

	The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. 1 The Pox Party Anderson, M. T. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2006. Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. Subjects Headings Liberty -- Juvenile fiction. Slavery -- Juvenile fiction. Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile fiction. African Americans -- Juvenile fiction. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction.

	Chime Billingsley, Franny, 1954- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011. In the early twentieth century in Swampsea, seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for her twin sister's horrible injury until a young man enters their lives and exposes secrets that even Briony does not know about. Subjects Headings Twins -- Juvenile fiction. Sisters -- Juvenile fiction. Supernatural -- Juvenile fiction. Guilt -- Juvenile fiction. Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction. Stepmothers -- Juvenile fiction. Secrets -- Fiction.

	Anna Dressed in Blood Blake, Kendare. New York : Tor, 2011. For three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead, traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat, but everything changes when he meets Anna, a girl unlike any ghost he has faced before. Subjects Headings Ghost stories. Ghosts -- Juvenile fiction. Wiccans -- Juvenile fiction. Cats -- Juvenile fiction. Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction. Horror stories.

	Beauty Queens Bray, Libba. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition. Subjects Headings Beauty contests -- Juvenile fiction. Survival -- Juvenile fiction. Castaways -- Juvenile fiction. Contests -- Juvenile fiction. Pirates -- Juvenile fiction. Humorous stories.

	Graceling Cashore, Kristin. Orlando, FL : Harcourt, 2008. In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. Subjects Headings Fantasy.

	Deadline Crutcher, Chris. New York : Greenwillow Books, 2007. Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos." Subjects Headings Terminally ill -- Fiction. Self-perception -- Fiction. High schools -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction.

	A Northern Light Donnelly, Jennifer. San Diego : Harcourt, 2003. In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story. Subjects Headings Education -- Fiction. Farm life -- New York (State) -- Fiction. Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction. Murder -- Fiction. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Fiction. New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Donnelly, Jennifer -- Manuscripts. Hotels -- Fiction.

	The Graveyard Book Gaiman, Neil. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2008. After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Subjects Headings Dead -- Fiction. Supernatural -- Fiction Cemeteries -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. Ghosts -- Fiction.

	The Fault in Our Stars Green, John, 1977- New York : Dutton Books 2012. "Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten"--P. [2] of cover. Subjects Headings Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.

	The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks : A Novel Lockhart, E. New York : Hyperion, c2008. Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks. Subjects Headings Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. Practical jokes -- Juvenile fiction. Clubs -- Juvenile fiction. Boarding schools -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Practical jokes -- Fiction. Clubs -- Fiction.

	The Declaration Malley, Gemma. New York : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2007. In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her. Subjects Headings Aging -- Juvenile fiction. Immortality -- Juvenile fiction. Children -- Juvenile fiction. England -- Juvenile fiction.

	Shine Myracle, Lauren, 1969- New York : Amulet Books, 2011. When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town. Subjects Headings Hate crimes -- Fiction. Gays -- Fiction. Best friends -- Fiction. North Carolina -- Fiction.

	A Monster Calls : A Novel Ness, Patrick, 1971- Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011. Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss. Subjects Headings Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction. Monsters -- Juvenile fiction. Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction. Breast -- Cancer -- Juvenile fiction. Loss (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction. England -- Juvenile fiction. Breast cancer -- Fiction.

	This Dark Endeavor : The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2011. When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura. Subjects Headings Twins -- Juvenile fiction. Brothes -- Juvenile fiction. Alchemy -- Juvenile fiction. Geneva (Republic) -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile fiction.

	The Adoration of Jenna Fox Pearson, Mary (Mary E.) New York : Square Fish, 2009. In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence. Subjects Headings Medical ethics -- Fiction. Bioethics -- Fiction. Biotechnology -- Fiction. Self-perception -- Fiction. Memory -- Fiction.

	Life as we Knew it Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948- Orlando : Harcourt, c2006. Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Subjects Headings Natural disasters -- Juvenile fiction. Family -- Juvenile fiction. Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.

	Divergent Roth, Veronica. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2011. In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. Subjects Headings Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Courage -- Fiction. Social classes -- Fiction.

	Revolver Sedgwick, Marcus. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2010 c2009. Finland, 1910: Fifteen-year-old Sig is shocked to see a hole in the frozen lake outside his family's cabin and to find his father's corpse nearby. Why did Einar steer his dog sled across the lake instead of taking the safer land route? Sig's sister and stepmother go for help, leaving Sig alone with Einar's body in the cabin. Soon after, an armed stranger barges in, demanding a share of Einar's stolen gold. Subjects Headings Fathers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction. Revenge -- Juvenile fiction. Arctic regions -- Juvenile fiction.

	Between Shades of Gray Sepetys, Ruta. New York : Philomel Books, 2011. In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note. Subjects Headings Labor camps -- Juvenile fiction. Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Juvenile fiction. Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction. Survival -- Fiction. Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Juvenile fiction.

	The Scorpio Races Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981- New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Subjects Headings Racing -- Juvenile fiction. Orphans -- Juvenile fiction. Horses -- Juvenile fiction. Love -- Juvenile fiction. Fantasy.

	Marcelo in the Real World Stork, Francisco X. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm. Subjects Headings Autism -- Juvenile fiction. Asperger's syndrome -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.

	Daughter of Smoke and Bone Taylor, Laini. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known. Subjects Headings Supernatural -- Juvenile fiction. Chimera (Greek mythology) -- Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile fiction. Angels -- Juvenile fiction. Demonology -- Juvenile fiction. Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction. Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Artists -- Juvenile fiction. Prague (Czech Republic) -- Juvenile fiction. Czech Republic -- Fiction.

	Leviathan Westerfeld, Scott. New York : Simon Pulse, 2009. In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts. Subjects Headings Science fiction. Princes -- Juvenile fiction. War -- Juvenile fiction. Animals, mythical -- Juvenile fiction. Science fiction. Imaginary creatures -- Fiction. Princes -- Fiction. War -- Fiction. Genetic engineering -- Fiction.

	Where Things Come Back : A Novel Whaley, John Corey. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011. Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance. Subjects Headings Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. Best friends -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Extinct birds -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Arkansas -- Juvenile fiction. Arkansas -- Juvenile fiction. Family life -- Arkansas -- Fiction.

	The Monstrumologist : William James Henry Yancey, Richard. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009. In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi. Subjects Headings Supernatural -- Fiction. Monsters -- Fiction. Apprentices -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. New England -- Fiction.

	Blood Red Road Young, Moira. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2011. In a distant future, eighteen-year-old Lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister Saba and nine-year-old Emmi are trailing him across bleak Sandsea they are captured, too, and taken to brutal Hopetown, where Saba is forced to be a cage fighter until new friends help plan an escape. Subjects Headings Kidnapping -- Fiction. Hand-to-hand fighting -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Twins -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. Coming of age -- Fiction.

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