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The glass arrow
By Kristen Simmons. 2015
Stolen from her home and being groomed for auction, Aya is desperate to escape her fate and return to her…
family. Her only allies are a loyal wolf she's raised from a pup and a strange mute boy who may be her best hope for freedom - if she can truly trust him. For Senior High readers. 2015.The game: Haunting Teen Fiction
By Peter Carver, Teresa Toten. 2001
Dani Webster had played the Game with her sister Kelly for as long as she could remember - they had…
been on a quest to vanquish evil. But everything is hazy now as she recovers from substance abuse at a psychiatric hospital for 'teens with problems'. Dani must confront a deeper emotional trauma - one which she can neither explain nor recognize - to face her family's deep dysfunctions and eliminate the Game for her life forever. For senior high students. Some strong language. 2003.The girls
By Amy Goldman Koss. 2000
Candace, popular leader of a middle school clique, manipulates and ostracizes other kids. Her former friends (each telling her story)…
are hurt and embarrassed, but gradually realize that there are more important issues than being cool. For grades 5-8. 2000.The Giver
By Lois Lowry. 1993
Jonas's world is perfect - every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve he is…
singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life, and now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. Winner of the Newbery Award. Grades 5-8. 1993.The final six
By Alexandra Monir. 2018
Twenty-four teens are on a quest to become one of six sent on a scouting mission to Jupiter's moon. Leo…
is an Italian championship swimmer, and Naomi, a science prodigy from California. As the finalists become fewer, the two grow closer as the tests get more challenging--even deadly. For junior and senior high readers. 2018.The first rule of punk
By Celia C Perez. 2017
Twelve-year-old Maria Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malu) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and…
starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favour of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos. Grades 5-8. 2017.The Firefly code
By Megan Frazer Blakemore. 2016
Mori and her friends live a normal life on Firefly Lane in Old Harmonie, a utopian community where every kid…
knows he or she is genetically engineered to be better and smarter. But when a strangely perfect new girl named Ilana moves in, the friends begin to question the only world they have ever known. Grades 4-7. 2016.The fortunate fall
By Raphael Carter. 1996
In twenty-third-century Russia, the world is linked by virtual reality. The Internet is used as an instrument of thought control.…
Maya is a human camera, a reporter that transmits her feelings and thoughts as well as the news. She investigates an old atrocity and finds herself fighting the censors. For senior high and older readers. c1996.The fire within (The last Dragon Chronicles Ser. #1)
By Chris D'Lacey. 2005
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea…
that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career. Grades 5-8. 2005, c2001.The darkest legacy (Darkest Minds. #4.)
By Alexandra Bracken. 2018
Five years after the destruction of the so-called rehabilitation camps that imprisoned her and countless other Psi kids, seventeen year…
old Suzume "Zu" Kimura has assumed the role of spokesperson for the interim government, fighting for the rights of Psi kids against a growing tide of misinformation and prejudice. But when she is accused of committing a horrifying act, she is forced to go on the run once more in order to stay alive. Sequel to "In the afterlight". For junior and senior high readers. 2018.The fates divide (Carve the mark. #2.)
By Veronica Roth. 2018
As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him at any cost. For Cyra, that…
could mean taking the life of the man who may--or may not--be her father. For Akos, it could mean giving his own. Sequel to "Carve the mark". For junior and senior high readers. 2018.The Ennead
By Jan Mark. 1978
Isaac is an orphan. At fifteen years old, he has not yet found his niche on Erato. Unless he does…
so, he will face deportation - and certain death. Isaac has a plan to make his future safe. It involves importing Eleanor, a stone carver from a distant planet. But Eleanor is not what Isaac expects. She is not what anyone expects. She is free-thinking and defiant, and her presence could be more than this strange, dusty planet can bear. For junior high readers. 1978.The faces of fear
By Monica Hughes. 1997
After Joan is paralyzed in an accident she begins to live vicariously through a character in an experimental computer game.…
But Joan and her new friend Whizkid (a.k.a. Steve) discover that the game is becoming all too real, and dangerous. The only way out is to face their real life fears. Grades 5-8. 1997.The eternal spring of Mr. Ito
By Sheila Garrigue. 1985
During her evacuation to Canada, teenager Sara befriends Mr. Ito and his family. When the Ito family is sent to…
an internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Sara realizes the cruelties of war. For junior and senior high readers. c1985.The daybreak bond (Firefly code. #2.)
By Megan Frazer Blakemore. 2017
Mori and her friends set out to seek help for Ilana from Dr. Varden, one of the founders of Old…
Harmonie, but meeting Outsiders gives them new perspective on their utopian community. Sequel to "The firefly code". Grades 2-4. 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 heartbreakers
By Pamela Wells. 2008
When three high school friends experience breakups on the same night, a fourth writes "The Break up Code," which all…
agree to follow as they try to get over the bad relationships and get back in touch with themselves and one another. Junior and Senior High. 2008.The haunted school (Goosebumps. #59.)
By R. L Stine. 1997
At twelve, Tommy Frazer suddenly finds himself with a new mom, a new house, and a new school. In hopes…
of making friends, he volunteers to be on the decoration committee for the school dance. Everything is going just fine until Tommy has to make a trip to the art room on the third floor where he begins hearing voices. Sequel to "Deep Trouble II". Followed by "Werewolf Skin". Grades 4-7. c1997. (Goosebumps ; 59)The Gryphon project
By Carrie Mac. 2009
In the future, the Chrysalis Corporation can bring people back to life, called a "recon", when they fall victim to…
an early death. Due to a premature birth and a drowning accident at the age of six, teenager Phoenix has already been brought back to life twice, leaving her with only one more recon and a jaded perspective on life, death, and the people around her. When Phoenix's beloved brother Gryphon has a suspicious accident and may not be reconned, she races to solve the mystery of Gryphon's death and save his life. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language. c2009.The gnome's eye
By Anna Kerz. 2010
1954. Theresa's life is changed forever when her family leaves their displaced persons camp and emigrates to Canada. Before they…
leave, her friend Martin gives her a stone he calls the Gnome's Eye, which he says will protect her from all things evil, living or dead. Once in Toronto, Theresa is afraid of everything, but as time goes by, she is finally able to give the Gnome's Eye to someone who needs it more than she does. Grades 3-6. c2010.