Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Callie rides an
emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school
production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and
others never quite get going.
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
In a small South
Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War,
sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom
he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be
revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Breathe: a Ghost Story by Cliff McNish
When he and his mother
move into an old farmhouse in the English countryside, asthmatic,
twelve-year-old Jack discovers that he can communicate with the ghosts
inhabiting the house and inadvertently establishes a relationship with a
tormented, malevolent spirit that threatens to destroy both his mother and
himself.
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
Fifteen-year-old Eli,
locked inside a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe
following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as his
father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily disintegrates over
the course of six years.
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
After an injury ends
former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams, he concentrates on
photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame as a high school sports
photographer, and a deeper relationship with the beloved grandfather who, when
he realizes he is becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera
gear.
