Popular Paperbacks: Books That Don't Make You Blush
Abbott, Hailey. THE BRIDESMAID.
Can Abby train the
dreaded Bridezilla? (YA Fic Abbott)
Bauer, Joan. BACKWATER.
Ivy battles the family
legal tradition and a treacherous blizzard. (YA Fic Bauer)
Bruchac, Joseph. THE WARRIORS.
Jake, a star lacrosse
player, enters a boarding school only to find that his Iroquois
heritage is misunderstood.
Cabot, Meg. ALL-AMERICAN GIRL.
Being a hero isn’t
all it’s cracked up to be. (YA Fic Cabot)
Cappo, Nan Willard. CHEATING LESSONS.
Even if you’re
smart, you don’t have all the answers. (YA Fic Cappo)
Carlson, Melody. IT'S MY LIFE, BY CAITLIN O'CONNOR: DIARY
OF A TEENAGE GIRL.
Caitlin O’Connor’s
journal tells about the ways her Christian faith is affected by
everyday happenings. (YA Fic Carlson)
Ferris, Jean. LOVE AMONG THE WALNUTS.
Two parents, a girlfriend,
and a chicken fall into comas after being poisoned. (YA Fic Ferris)
Hilgartner, Beth. A MURDER FOR HER MAJESTY.
The newest star of
the Yorkshire Cathedral’s boys’ choir has a secret –
she’s a girl. (Juv Fic M Hilgartner)
Hobbs, Will. LEAVING PROTECTION.
Fishing for salmon
off the coast of Alaska and hooked by danger. (YA Fic Hobbs)
Karr, Kathleen. THE BOXER.
Will chasing the American
dream make the Chopper a champion or a chump? (YA Fic Karr)
Lubar, David. DUNK.
Step right up and
take your best shot at dunking Chad the Bozo! Experience a summer
on the Jersey shore as Chad learns there’s more to humor
than being funny. (YA Fic Lubar)
Oppel, Kenneth. AIRBORN.
"Pirates of the
Caribbean" meets "Where the Wild Things Are." (Juv
Fic SF Oppel)
Rabb, M. E. THE ROSE QUEEN.
Lost and found: Two
orphaned sisters flee New York to become Midwestern crime solvers.
(YA Fic M Rabb)
Rallison, Janette. ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE, WAR,
AND HIGH SCHOOL.
Can head cheerleader
Samantha tame her tongue during a student body election? (YA Fic
Rallison)
Schindler, Nina. AN ORDER OF AMELIE, HOLD THE FRIES.
Do u like me? Plz
rite back soon.
Shaw, Tucker. FLAVOR OF THE WEEK.
If food is the way
to a woman’s heart, then Cyril should be Prince Charming.
(YA Fic Shaw)
Sheldon, Dyan. CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN.
All the world’s
a stage and all Lola’s friends and enemies are merely players.
(YA Fic Sheldon)
Smith, Greg Leitich. NINJAS, PIRANHAS, AND GALILEO.
Who knew a science
experiment could cause so much heartache? (Juv Fic Smith)
Takaya, Natsuki. FRUITS BASKET Vol. 1.
Tohru Honda finds
a home with a family who has a most unusual secret. (YA 741.5
Takaya)
Trottier, Maxine. SISTER TO THE WOLF.
Lesharo, a Pawnee
slave, swears to protect a young woman and her father on a dangerous
journey.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. FLIPPED.
She loves him, he
loves her not. Wait! Isn’t it the other way around? (YA Fic
Van Draanen)
Vaughan, Brian K. RUNAWAYS Vol. 1: PRIDE & JOY.
Six teens find out
that their parents are evil. No, really, really evil. (YA 741.5
Vaughan)
Weaver, Will. MEMORY BOY.
Miles invents a fantastic
vehicle to escape with his family from a worldwide ecological
disaster. (Juv Fic SF Weaver
Westerfeld, Scott. UGLIES.
In Tally’s world
everyone is an Ugly, until they’re turned into a Pretty on
their sixteenth birthday. (YA Fic SF Westerfeld)
2/21/07
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