Like father, like son. Intelligent, popular, handsome, and wealthy,
sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect -- on the outside, at
least. What no one knows -- not even his best friend -- is the terror that Nick
faces every time he is alone with his father. Then he and Caitlin fall in love,
and Nick thinks his problems are over. Caitlin is the one person who he can
confide in. But when things start to spiral out of control, Nick must face the
fact that he's gotten more from his father than green eyes and money.
Check out the sequel, Diva, too.
Bitter End, Brown.
When seventeen-year-old Alex starts dating Cole, a new boy at her high school, her two closest friends increasingly mistrust him as the relationship grows more serious.
Someone to Love Me, Schraff.
Cindy Gibson, an African-American teenager struggling with her mother's neglect and her mother's boyfriend's emotional abuse, must find strength she did not know she had when the boy she thought would be her savior begins beating her.
Dreamland, Dessen.
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
Rotters, Kraus.
Sixteen-year-old Joey's life takes a very strange turn when his mother's tragic death forces him to move from Chicago to rural Iowa with the father he has never known, and who is the town pariah.
The Absolute Value of Mike, Erskine.
Fourteen-year-old Mike, whose father is a brilliant mathematician but who has no math aptitude himself, spends the summer in rural Pennsylvania with his elderly and eccentric relatives Moo and Poppy, helping the townspeople raise money to adopt a Romanian orphan.
War and Watermelon, Wallace.
As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.
Borderline, Strasser.
Despite the strained relationship between them, teenaged Sami Sabiri risks his life to uncover the truth when his father is implicated in a terrorist plot.
I’ll Be There, Sloan.
Raised by an unstable father who keeps constantly on the move, Sam Border has long been the voice of his silent younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and, welcomed by her family, the brothers encounter normalcy for the first time.
Inexcusable, Lynch.
High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things goterribly wrong.
The League, Heldring.
Fourteen-year-old Wyatt, hoping to impress a girl and ward off a bully, decides to join his older brother's summer football league, "The League of Pain, " against the advice of his parents, who think golf is the right sport for him.
Reality Boy, King.
An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell.
Nothing can Possibly go Wrong, Shen.
Charlie is the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. Their unlikely friendship nearly bites the dust when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and they retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. Bad sportsmanship? Sure. Chainsaws? Why not. Running away from home on Thanksgiving? Nothing can possibly go wrong.
When Jeff Comes Home, Atkins.
Sixteen-year-old Jeff, returning home after having been kidnapped and held prisoner for three years, must face his family, friends, and school and the widespread assumption that he engaged in sexual activity with his kidnapper.
The Battle of Jericho, Draper.
When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their classes. And when Arielle, oneof the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member. But as the initiation week becomes progressively harrowing, Jericho is forced to make choices he's not entirely comfortable with. As Jericho becomes increasingly uneasy, his cousin Joshua breezes through the initiation, never thinking of the consequences, even when the fine line between fun and games, and life and death is crossed.
Fault Line, Tashjian.
Seventeen-year-old Becky Martin-smart, funny, ambitious-aspires to be a stand-up comic. While setting
out to make her goal a reality, she meets Kip Costello, a rising star in the San Francisco comedy-club
scene. And what could be better than an intense boyfriend who cares about every detail of her life?
But Becky soon discovers a darker side to Kip, where emotional and physical abuse grow hand-in-hand.
As the relationship goes from loving to controlling, Becky must find the courage to get help before it's
too late.
Burger Wuss, Anderson.
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
Breaking Point, Flinn.
Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive private school and falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using him.
America, Frank.
America, a runaway boy who is being treated at Ridgeway, a New York hospital,finds himself opening up to one of the doctors on staff and revealing things about himself that he had always vowed to keep secret.
Blue Mirror, Koja.
Seventeen-year-old loner Maggy Klass, who frequently seeks refuge from her alcoholic mother's apartment by sitting and drawing in a local cafe, becomes involved in a destructive relationship with a charismatic homeless youth named Cole.
Freewill, Lynch.
A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.
Ironman, Crutcher.
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
Shattering Glass, Giles.
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to unexpected violence.
Whale Talk, Crutcher.
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. The Cutter All Night Mermen, a group of seven misfits who are members of a makeshift swim team, come together to challenge their high school's sports culture and fight for dignity in a world where a moment's inattention can bring lifelong heartache.
You Don’t Know Me, Klass.
A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.
sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect -- on the outside, at
least. What no one knows -- not even his best friend -- is the terror that Nick
faces every time he is alone with his father. Then he and Caitlin fall in love,
and Nick thinks his problems are over. Caitlin is the one person who he can
confide in. But when things start to spiral out of control, Nick must face the
fact that he's gotten more from his father than green eyes and money.
Check out the sequel, Diva, too.
Bitter End, Brown.
When seventeen-year-old Alex starts dating Cole, a new boy at her high school, her two closest friends increasingly mistrust him as the relationship grows more serious.
Someone to Love Me, Schraff.
Cindy Gibson, an African-American teenager struggling with her mother's neglect and her mother's boyfriend's emotional abuse, must find strength she did not know she had when the boy she thought would be her savior begins beating her.
Dreamland, Dessen.
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
Rotters, Kraus.
Sixteen-year-old Joey's life takes a very strange turn when his mother's tragic death forces him to move from Chicago to rural Iowa with the father he has never known, and who is the town pariah.
The Absolute Value of Mike, Erskine.
Fourteen-year-old Mike, whose father is a brilliant mathematician but who has no math aptitude himself, spends the summer in rural Pennsylvania with his elderly and eccentric relatives Moo and Poppy, helping the townspeople raise money to adopt a Romanian orphan.
War and Watermelon, Wallace.
As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.
Borderline, Strasser.
Despite the strained relationship between them, teenaged Sami Sabiri risks his life to uncover the truth when his father is implicated in a terrorist plot.
I’ll Be There, Sloan.
Raised by an unstable father who keeps constantly on the move, Sam Border has long been the voice of his silent younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and, welcomed by her family, the brothers encounter normalcy for the first time.
Inexcusable, Lynch.
High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things goterribly wrong.
The League, Heldring.
Fourteen-year-old Wyatt, hoping to impress a girl and ward off a bully, decides to join his older brother's summer football league, "The League of Pain, " against the advice of his parents, who think golf is the right sport for him.
Reality Boy, King.
An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell.
Nothing can Possibly go Wrong, Shen.
Charlie is the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. Their unlikely friendship nearly bites the dust when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and they retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. Bad sportsmanship? Sure. Chainsaws? Why not. Running away from home on Thanksgiving? Nothing can possibly go wrong.
When Jeff Comes Home, Atkins.
Sixteen-year-old Jeff, returning home after having been kidnapped and held prisoner for three years, must face his family, friends, and school and the widespread assumption that he engaged in sexual activity with his kidnapper.
The Battle of Jericho, Draper.
When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their classes. And when Arielle, oneof the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member. But as the initiation week becomes progressively harrowing, Jericho is forced to make choices he's not entirely comfortable with. As Jericho becomes increasingly uneasy, his cousin Joshua breezes through the initiation, never thinking of the consequences, even when the fine line between fun and games, and life and death is crossed.
Fault Line, Tashjian.
Seventeen-year-old Becky Martin-smart, funny, ambitious-aspires to be a stand-up comic. While setting
out to make her goal a reality, she meets Kip Costello, a rising star in the San Francisco comedy-club
scene. And what could be better than an intense boyfriend who cares about every detail of her life?
But Becky soon discovers a darker side to Kip, where emotional and physical abuse grow hand-in-hand.
As the relationship goes from loving to controlling, Becky must find the courage to get help before it's
too late.
Burger Wuss, Anderson.
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
Breaking Point, Flinn.
Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive private school and falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using him.
America, Frank.
America, a runaway boy who is being treated at Ridgeway, a New York hospital,finds himself opening up to one of the doctors on staff and revealing things about himself that he had always vowed to keep secret.
Blue Mirror, Koja.
Seventeen-year-old loner Maggy Klass, who frequently seeks refuge from her alcoholic mother's apartment by sitting and drawing in a local cafe, becomes involved in a destructive relationship with a charismatic homeless youth named Cole.
Freewill, Lynch.
A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.
Ironman, Crutcher.
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
Shattering Glass, Giles.
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to unexpected violence.
Whale Talk, Crutcher.
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. The Cutter All Night Mermen, a group of seven misfits who are members of a makeshift swim team, come together to challenge their high school's sports culture and fight for dignity in a world where a moment's inattention can bring lifelong heartache.
You Don’t Know Me, Klass.
A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.