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Gantos, Jack. The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs. YA/ GAN
A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery and learns a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.

Lyga, Barry. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl. YA/ LYG
Fan Boy, a 15-year-old "geek" who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel. Then he encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who changes his outlook on almost everything.

McCormick, Patricia. Sold. YA/ McC
Written in spare and evocative vignettes, this is the story of 13 year-old Lakshmi, whose life with her family in Nepal is peaceful until Himalayan monsoons was away her family's crops and she is sold into prostitution in the city.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life As We Knew It. YA/ PFE
Through journal entries, 16-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Pratchett, Terry. Wintersmith. YA/ PRA
In this third adventure of Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a new challenge, a boy named Wintersmith. However, Wintersmith isn't actually a boy, he is the season winter.

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes From the Midnight Driver. YA/ SON
After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, 16-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.

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Barron, T.A. The Eternal Flame. YA/ BAR [Book 3 of The Great Tree of Avalon series]
Merlin's grandson, Tamwyn, and his friends race to stop the warlord Rhita Gawr from destroying Avalon.

Booth,Coe. Tyrell. YA/ BOO
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.

Cabot, Meg. How to Be Popular. YA/ CAB
Sixteen-year-old Steph Landry finds an old book on how to be popular and decides to change her social status by following its advice, much to the bafflement of her two best friends.

Carney, Jeff. The Adventures of Michael MacInnes. YA/ CAR
In 1924, high school junior Michael MacInnes, a free-thinking poet and orphaned scholarship student, stirs up trouble when he challenges the rules and traditions of his prep school.

Ferguson, Alane. The Christopher Killer. YA/ FER
On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, 17-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.

Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. YA/ GRE
Colin Singleton tends to fall for girls named Katherine. He goes on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, realize his true genius, and win him the girl.

Harmon, Michael. Skate. YA/ HAR
Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian Mcdermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, and their long-absent father.

LeGuin, Ursula. Voices. YA/ LEG
Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.

McDaniel, Lurlene. Briana’s Gift. YA/ MCD
Briana runs away from home with an older boy, and then returns home alone and pregnant. When she becomes critically ill, it's up to her younger sister to preserve her legacy by getting their mother to accept Briana's gift.

Moriarity, Jaclyn. The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie. YA/ MOR [sequel to The Year of Secret Assighnments]
To prove her likeability to her fellow classmates, Bindy Mackenzie decides to document her life in transcripts, essays, and emails.

Ruby, Laura. Good Girls. YA/ RUB
Sixteen-year-old high school senior Audrey is humiliated when a compromising photograph of her is sent around her school, but she discovers a toughness within her that she never knew she had.

Wooding, Chris. Storm Thief. YA/ WOO
With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.

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