Check out these new books we put in the Teens & Tweens space today:
Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita (YA CALONITA)
Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors by Cathy Hopkins (YA HOPKINS)
Flight Volume 1 edited by Kazu Kibuishi (YA FLIGHT)
Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox by Bennett Madison (YA MADISON)
Prom Anonymous by Blake Nelson (YA NELSON)
Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve (YA REEVE)
The Other Sister by S.T. Underdahl (YA UNDERDAHL)
Chbosky, Stephen
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: High schooler Charlie is try to figure out what life is all about—his best friend committed suicide last year, he can’t relate to any of his old friends, and his family only confuses him. But when he meets a group of seniors that aren’t part of the popular crowd, he finds that there are people who can help him make sense of things.
Cormier, Robert
The Chocolate War: Violence and mob mentality take over as Jerry, a freshman at a boy's prep school, decides to continue to defy the headmaster and not sell chocolate for the school's annual fundraiser. Initially his refusal stems from an order given by the Vigils, the school bullies, but then Jerry decides to continue after the Vigils' ban has been lifted.
YA CORMIER
Crutcher, Chris
Athletic Shorts: The six short stories in this book contain powerful issues of death, love, racism and understanding what life’s about, as Crutcher brings in characters from earlier novels as well as introducing new ones.
YA CRUTCHER
Mackler, Carolyn
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things: For as long as she can remember, Virginia has followed the Fat Girl Code of Conduct and allowed her “perfect” family members to tell her who she is. But then a phone call comes, a phone call that shows Virginia her family isn’t so perfect after all.
YA MACKLER
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
The Alice series: Follow Alice as she goes from junior high to high school, figuring out the complexities of life while dealing with growing up without her mother.
YA NAYLOR
Outrageously Alice
Achingly Alice
Alice Alone
Dangerously Alice
Von Ziegesar, Cecily
Nothing Can Keep Us Together: a Gossip Girl Novel: The characters of Gossip Girl are about to graduate from high school, but the gossip isn’t about to stop. Blair and Nate are still dating, but will Blair get into Yale? And if she doesn’t, will Serena finally get her hands on him. And the most important question of all—will everyone find the perfect dress for graduation?
YA VON ZIEGESAR
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This week’s pick is The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper (YA HARPER).
Sparrow can’t wait to start tenth grade at a new school where no one knows her, her family, or her weird hometown. Her only ambition is to be normal, and at first she thinks she's succeeded - she's made a new friend and there's a guy in her history class who's quite intriguing. But somehow the ghosts have followed her to high school, and there's one in particular who needs her help. And unfortunately this ghost is the one ghost who won't leave her alone. But helping him means Sparrow has to admit something - she has to admit she's a psychic, the best psychic her family has ever produced. And that is the last thing she wants to do.
