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The fashion committee: a novel of art, crime, and applied design
By Susan Juby. 2017
Charlie Dean is a style-obsessed girl who eats, sleeps, and breathes fashion. John Thomas-Smith is a boy who forges metal…
sculptures in his garage and couldn't care less about clothes. But they share one thing in common: both are gunning for a scholarship to the private art high school that could make all their dreams come true. And whoever wins the fashion competition will win the scholarship. Told in the alternating voices of Charlie's and John's fashion journals which they're required to keep for the contest, this tale perfectly captures what it's like to have an artistic passion so fierce that nothing--not your dad's girlfriend's drug-addicted ex-boyfriend, a soul-crushing job at Salad Stop, or being charged with a teensy bit of kidnapping--can stand in your way. For senior high readers. 2017.The healing time of hickeys
By Karen Rivers. 2003
Sixteen-year-old Haley is in her last year of high school, and she likes to think she's just a normal girl,…
plagued with all the normal teenage problems. But then disaster strikes: she comes down with the chickenpox and no one will speak to her. Worse still, her hippie dad is in trouble with the law. Junior and senior high readers. 2003.The dark days of Hamburger Halpin
By Josh Berk. 2010
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but…
still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010.The body of Christopher Creed
By Carol Plum-Ucci. 2000
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of…
the class outcast. As he searches for answers, he analyzes his own behaviour and discovers secrets in the victim's family. Some strong language. For Senior High readers. Michael L. Printz Honor. c2000.Straight punch
By Monique Polak. 2014
Tessa McPhail has a bad habit—tagging—that lands her at New Directions, an alternative school in Montreal’s toughest neighborhood. The school…
is far from Tessa’s home and full of troubled kids. To make matters worse, half of every school day is devoted to boxing. The other students think boxing is cool. Not Tessa, who cannot handle violence of any kind. But when a neighbour starts a petition to have New Directions closed down, Tessa discovers something worth fighting for, both in and out of the ring. For junior and senior high readers. 2014.Stitches
By Glen Huser. 2003
When Travis transfers to a new school, he becomes a big target for his old nemesis Shon and his thug…
friends. Maybe it's because Travis lives in a trailer park with his gentle aunt, his uncle Miserable Mike, and lots of little cousins while his country-and-western singer mother is on the road. Or maybe it's because he loves to sew, wants to be a professional puppeteer, and his best friend is a girl, Chantelle, who comes from an even stranger family than he does. Some strong language. For junior high readers. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2003.Someday Angeline
By Louis Sachar. 1983
Angeline could read the first time she picked up a book and play the piano without lessons. But being smart…
means that the mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with her. Angeline just wants the chance to be herself, but it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call "Goon" and the teacher they call "Mr. Bone" that she gets that chance. Grades 4-7. c1983.Roid rage
By Lesley Choyce. 1999
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend…
Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Rex Zero, the king of nothing (Rex Zero Ser.)
By Tim Wynne-Jones. 2007
Rex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill,…
but other problems capture Rex's attention - a bully for a teacher, his father's sadness over Remembrance Day, not to mention dad's secret stash of photographs and letters - written in German. Then Rex finds a lost address book whose owner is Natasha, the victim of an abusive husband. Though he wishes he had heroic powers to help her, Rex finds all the answers in his own ingenuity and with the help of good friends. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.Le monde à l'envers (Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme. #4.)
By India Desjardins. 2007
Quelle horreur ! Aurélie doit maintenant "affronter" sa garde-robe tous les matins... puisque son école privée-de-filles-avec-uniforme ferme ses portes. Elle…
devra aussi faire face à son ex-copain Nicolas. Sans compter que l'insupportable et envahissant François Blais, le nouveau chum de sa mère, est maintenant dans le décor. Suite de "Un été chez ma grand-mère" (FD04737). Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2007.Fishtailing
By Wendy Phillips. 2010
When Natalie moves to a new high school, she drags three unwitting victims into her spider-web of manipulations, lies and…
deceit. Their lives are revealed through the poetry and assignments of an English class: Natalie, whose alcoholic parents, years of neglect and ultimate rape by her father's friend has shaped her into a cruel and manipulative teen; Tricia, dealing with her blended family while being drawn into Natalie's forbidden world of partying and rebellion; Kyle, a would-be musician in love with Tricia; Miguel, who lusts for Natalie while hiding the secrets of his family. Senior High. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for 2010. 2010.Home run (Running The Bases Ser.)
By Paul Kropp. 2006
Alan Macklin has started his first year at university and he's saying goodbye to his old life: no more curfews…
and parental interference, no more high school courses he doesn't want to take; and, most importantly, no more striking out with girls. That's the plan, but the world of university dating is more complicated than he ever could have imagined. Senior High. 2006.FaceSpace (Orca currents)
By Adrian Chamberlain. 2013
Danny McBride is not the coolest kid in school. And if the other kids knew he spent his Saturday nights…
playing Parcheesi with his mom and working on a city made of Lego blocks, he'd be even less cool. Danny wants more than anything to be popular. He creates a fictional British rocker named James and befriends him publicly online, hoping his make-believe friend's cool will rub off. Grades 5-8. 2013.Delusion road
By Don Aker. 2015
Willa Jaffrey is beautiful, rich, dating the perfect guy and determined to have a fabulous senior year. Enter Keegan Fraser,…
a handsome new student who wants no part of the games everyone plays at Willa's school. Despite a rocky start, Keegan and Willa gradually become closer, even as Willa's carefully constructed universe begins to fall apart. But little does Willa know that Keegan's past holds the darkest of secrets - and it's about to catch up to him. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2016 White Pine Fiction Honour Book Award. 2015.Don't you forget about me: a Gossip Girl novel (Gossip girl ; #11)
By Cecily Von Ziegesar. 2007
The Gossip Girl and her friends spend a summer partying before heading off to college in the fall. For senior…
high readers. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. Sequel to "Would I lie to you". 2007. (Gossip girl ; 11)Creeps
By Darren Hynes. 2013
Fifteen-year-old Wayne Pumphrey wishes he were courageous enough to actually send the heartfelt letters he writes to friends and family.…
He also wishes his father would drive on the right side of the street, his mother would stop packing her suitcase to leave, and his sister would stop listening to Nickelback. But most of all, he wishes that Pete “The Meat” would let him walk to school in peace. Then one morning, while facing Pete and his posse, Wayne is rescued by Marjorie. An unlikely friendship is formed, but Pete now has plans for both of them -- and afterwards nothing will ever be the same again. For senior high readers. 2013.Better than blonde (Blonde Trilogy Ser.)
By Teresa Toten. 2007
Life is almost potentially perfect for Sophie Kandinsky. She enters Grade 10 in the centre of a power grid -…
the school's Blondes. Though the Blondes might still be gripped by secrets and lies, and her eccentric Aunties still give Sophie advice on life and love, the best news is that after seven years, her beloved Papa is home from prison - but he's supposed to be dead. What was that about no more lies or secrets? For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Me and the Blondes" (DC29469). Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2007.After the wreck, I picked myself up, spread my wings, and flew away
By Joyce Carol Oates. 2006
Haunted by the car crash that killed her beloved mother, Jenna, 15, moves in with her aunt's family, but she…
can't deal with her guilt and sorrow. Therapy doesn't help, she won't reconcile with her dad, and she hates kids who pity her. Two near-disasters cause Jenna to tentatively open up to her classmate Crow. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2006.A fly named Alfred
By Don Trembath. 1997
Harper Winslow writes a gossip column called "Fly on the wall" for the student newspaper. It's a big hit with…
all the students who don't know who the mysterious "Alfred" is who writes the column. Harper runs into trouble when a school bully decides to get even with "Alfred" and enlists Harper's help to find out the writer's true identity. Junior and senior high readers. c1997.Confessions of a teenage drama queen
By Dyan Sheldon. 1999
In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets…
her sights on the lead in the annual school play. But she discovers that the role of resident drama queen has already been filled - by the Born-to-win, Born-to-run-everything Carla Santini. Once the curtain goes up, which drama queen will take centre stage? For junior and senior high readers. 1999.