Popular Paperbacks: Own Your Freak
Atkins, Catherine. ALT
ED.
Sluts, gays, fat kids,
bullies--can they survive counseling together? (YA Fic Atkins)
Cohn, Rachel. GINGERBREAD.
California teen seeks
lost childhood in New York. (YA Fic Cohn)
Crutcher, Chris. WHALE
TALK.
TJ gives a bunch of
losers the chance to be a swim team. Who says they need a pool?
(YA Fic Crutcher)
Davis, Amanda. WONDER
WHEN YOU'LL MISS ME.
Sometimes running
away to join the circus is the only option you've got. (Fic Davis)
Giles, Gail. SHATTERING
GLASS.
"Simon Glass
was easy to hate." So it was no surprise when he turned up
dead. (YA Fic Giles)
Going, K.L. FAT
KID RULES THE WORLD.
Punk rock legend Curt
convinces fat kid Troy to join his band, and both their lives
are changed. (YA Fic Going)
Hartinger, Brent. THE
GEOGRAPHY CLUB.
What kind of freak
would join a geography club? (YA Fic Hartinger)
Howe, James. THE
MISFITS.
"Sticks and stones
may break our bones, but names will break our spirit" unless
we all join together for victory. (YA Fic Howe)
Koertge, Ron. STONER
& SPAZ.
Colleen is a stoner
addicted to drugs. Ben is a spaz with cerebral palsy. A match
made in heaven? (YA Fic Koertge)
Korman, Gordon. SON
OF THE MOB. (YA Fic
Korman)
And you think your family is weird.
Lubar, David. HIDDEN
TALENTS.
When Martin gets sent
to an alternative school he discovers that his new friends aren't
just freaks and losers…they have psychic talents! (Juv Fic
Lubar)
Muharrar, Aisha. MORE
THAN A LABEL: WHY WHAT YOU WEAR AND WHO YOU'RE WITH DOESN'T DEFINE
WHO YOU ARE.
A guide to fitting
in (not) and how to define yourself despite peer pressure and
self-esteem issues. (YA 305.235 Muharrar)
Naifeh, Ted. COURTNEY
CRUMRIN AND THE NIGHT THINGS.
Sullen Courtney goes
to live with her spooky Uncle Aloysius and gets entangled in the
affairs of wizards and "night things." (YA 741.5 Naifeh)
Oates, Joyce Carol. BIG
MOUTH & UGLY GIRL.
Sometimes the most
innocent remark blows up in your face. (YA Fic Oates)
ON THE FRINGE. Ed. by Don R. Gallo.
Short stories by favorite
young adult authors about the outsider teen experience. (YA Fic
On)
Peters, Julie Anne. DEFINE
"NORMAL."
Peer counseling is
supposed to be with your peers, but Jazz and Tone aren't peers.
Or are they? (YA Fic Peters)
Plum-Ucci, Carol. WHAT
HAPPENED TO LANI GARVER?
Claire's fragile world
is disrupted by Lani. Boy? Girl? Angel? (YA Fic M Plum-Ucci)
Salinger, J. D. THE
CATCHER IN THE RYE.
Tired of trying to
live up to his parents' expectations, Holden tries to find something
real in a world of phoniness. (YA Fic Salinger)
Shetterly, Will. ELSEWHERE.
Bordertown is halfway
between the human world & Faerie, and Ron must check "normal"
at the door. (Juv Fic SF Shetterly)
Smith, Sherri L. LUCY
THE GIANT.
Fifteen year-old Lucy
searches for a life that fits. (YA Fic Smith)
Spinelli, Jerry. STARGIRL.
Which is more powerful:
peer pressure or love? (YA Fic Spinelli)
Tashjian, Janet. THE
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LARRY.
How can you be famous
when no one knows your name? (YA Fic Tashjian)
Tolan, Stephanie S. SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES.
Is homeschooling with
the Applewhites worse for Jake than juvenile detention? (Juv Fic
Tolan)
Werlin, Nancy. BLACK
MIRROR.
To find out the truth
about her brother's death, Frances must confront her school's
powerful charity club (YA Fic M Werlin)
and her own distorted reflection.
Wittlinger, Ellen. RAZZLE.
Razzle doesn't care
if she's different. Is that why Ken finds her so fascinating?
(YA Fic Wittlinger)
2/22/07
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