Popular Paperbacks: Different Drummers
Block, Francesca Lia. Witch Baby.
An outsider finds her place in a family of outsiders. (YA
Fic)
Cormier, Robert. Tenderness.
Eric's search for tenderness is found in caressing and killing
beautiful girls. (YA Fic)
Covington, Dennis. Lizard.
Can you have a life when you look more like a lizard than a boy?
(YA Fic)
Deem, James. 3 NBs of Julian Drew.
Trapped in a nightmarish existence of indifference and abuse,
15-year-old Julian carries on a correspondence with his deceased
mother. (YA Fic)
Grant, Cynthia. Mary Wolf.
The circumstances of Mary's vagabond family deteriorate to a tragic
finale. (YA Fic)
Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a Face.
A young women's struggles to surmount childhood cancer and disfigurement.
(921 G797Aa)
Holman, Felice. Slake's Limbo.
A teen hiding in the New York subway tunnel ekes out a living
for himself. (YA Fic)
Kindl, Patrice. Woman in the Wall.
Can romance lure shy Anna from her hidden world? (YA Fic)
King, Stephen. Carrie.
Have you ever made fun of someone? You better hope they're not
like Carrie. (Fic)
Koontz, Dean. Fear Nothing.
Xeroderma pigmentosa makes Christopher Snow a creature of the
night. (Fic)
Marsden, John. So Much to Tell You.
Marina has so much to say, but can only communicate through her
diary. (YA Fic)
Paterson, Katherine. Jip: His Story.
Living on the poor farm, Jip begins to unravel the mysteries of
his past. (Juv Fic)
Randle, Kristen. The Only Alien on the Planet.
Smitty Tibbs hasn't spoken in 15 years. Can Ginny become his friend
without pushing him over the edge? (YA Fic)
Stoehr, Shelley. Crosses.
Nancy tries to ease her emotional pain by cutting.
Tolan, Stephanie. Welcome to the Ark.
Four gifted but troubled kids connect in an experimental paranormal
program at a psychiatric institution. (YA Fic)
Townsend, Sue. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13
and 3/4.
British teen Adrian Mole captures the essence of life in his diary.
(NOTE: The Library has The Adrian Mole Diaries (Fic),
which contains this title and its sequels.)
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Like Sisters on the Homefront.
14-year-old Gayle is forced to take her baby and New York attitude
to live with country cousins. (YA Fic)
Wolff, Virginia. Probably Still Nick Swansen. (YA Fic)
Can sensitive Nick survive being stood up at the prom?
5/6/04
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