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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Gary Paulsen,Gary Paulsen,Tom Parks required for 7th graders Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business. OL14850152W
Drama Drama Raina Telgemeier Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's… OL16793507W
If You Could Be Mine If You Could Be Mine Sara Farizan In this stunning debut, a young Iranian American writer pulls back the curtain on one of the most hidden corners of a much-talked-about culture. Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her … OL17582766W
Then Again, Maybe I Won't Then Again, Maybe I Won't Judy Blume Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and wor… OL1838412W
The infinite moment of us The infinite moment of us Lauren Myracle As high school graduation nears, Wren Gray is surprised to connect with gentle Charlie Parker, a boy with a troubled past who has loved her for years, while she considers displeasing her parents for … OL19968347W
My girlfriend's pregnant! My girlfriend's pregnant! Chloe Shantz-Hilkes For teens faced with an unplanned pregnancy, the news can be devastating. Typically, most attention is focused on the needs of the mother, but teenage fathers also face a future filled with fear, dou… OL20021542W
Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck The second book in John Steinbeck’s labor trilogy, Of Mice and Men is a touching tale of two migrant laborers in search of work and eventual liberation from their social circumstances. Fiercely devot… OL23204W
Push Push Tayari Jones,Sapphire Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible: invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just on… OL47292W
Keeping You a Secret Keeping You a Secret Julie Anne Peters A fantastically written book that follows the life of student Holland Jaegar in her last year of high school. Holland begins her last semester of school by meeting CeCe Goddard, a transfer student fr… OL476866W
The CIDER HOUSE RULES The CIDER HOUSE RULES John Irving Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorit… OL8026340W
The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult coming-of-age epistolary novel by American writer Stephen Chbosky, which was first published on February 1, 1999, by Pocket Books. Set in the early 19… OL875437W
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win t… OL92967W
Fallen angels Fallen angels Walter Dean Myers Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. OL98267W