Fiction (descriptions from NoveList)
Harley like a person by: Cat Bauer
(Delray Beach, FL: Winslow Press, copyright 2000, 248 p.)
Fourteen-year-old Harley, an artistic teenager living with her alcoholic father and angry mother, suspects that she is adopted and begins a search for her biological parents.
Being with Henry by: Martha Brooks
(New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, copyright 2000, 216 p.)
A homeless teenager is befriended by an 83 year old widower.
The perks of being a wallflower by: Stephen Chbosky
(New York: Pocket Books;: MTV Books, copyright 1999, 213 p.)
A series of letters to an unknown correspondent reveals the coming-of-age trials of a high-schooler named Charlie
Forged by fire by: Sharon M. Draper
(New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, copyright 1997, 151 p.)
After surviving a fire, Gerald experiences separation from his mother, the loss of his great aunt, and life with his stepsister's abusive father.
Party girl by: Lynne Ewing
(New York: A. A. Knopf, copyright 1998, 110 p.)
The death of her best friend Ana in a drive-by shooting casues Kata to question her position in the East Los Angeles gang life.
Breaking boxes by: A. M. Jenkins
(New York: Delacorte Press, copyright 1997, 182 p.)
When in the course of an unusual friendship Charlie reveals something confidential about his brother, he must decide if he can accept the risks of caring.
Toning the sweep by: Angela Johnson
(New York: Orchard Books, c1993, 103 p.)
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
A place to call home by: Jackie French Koller
(New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, copyright 1995, 204 p.)
Caring for her two younger siblings after their unreliable mother abandons them, fifteen-year-old Anna discovers the difficulties of trying to be a parent.
Letters from the inside by: John Marsden
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994, 146 p.)
The relationship between two teenage girls who become acquainted through letters intensifies as their correspondence reveals some of the terrible problems of their lives.
Somewhere in the darkness by: Walter Dean Myers
(Scholastic, copyright 1992, 168 p.)
A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be an often painful time of discovery for them both.
Habibi by: Naomi Shihab Nye
(New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, copyright 1997, 259 p.)
When fourteen-year-old Liyanna, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
Freak the Mighty by: Rodman Philbrick
(New York: Blue Sky Press, 1993, 169 p.)
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
The coffin quilt: the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys by: Ann RinaldiAuthor
(San Diego: Harcourt Brace, copyright 1999, 228 p.)
In the 1880s, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated by her older sister Roseanna's romance with a Hatfield.
Stop pretending: what happened when my big sister went crazy by: Sonya Sones
(New York: HarperCollins Publishers, copyright 1999, 149 p.)
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdown.
Rats saw God by: Rob Thomas
(New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, copyright 1996, 219 p.)
Steve, a high school senior, has only one hope of graduating on time--writing a 100-page paper.
Meely LaBauve: a novel by: Ken Wells
(New York: Random House, copyright 2000, 244 p.)
Fifteenyearold Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.
Hard love by: Ellen Wittlinger
(New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999, 224 p.)
After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.
Bull catcher by: Alden R. Carter
(New York: Scholastic Press, copyright 1997, 279 p.)
Pete and Jeff continue their friendship and love of baseball as they progress from 9th grade through high school in their small Wisconsin town.
Keeping the moon by: Sarah Dessen
(New York: Viking, copyright 1999, 228 p.)
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress and staying with her eccentric aunt.
Amandine by: Adele Griffin
(New York: Hyperion Books For Children, c2001, 220 p.)
Her first week at a new school, shy, plain Delia befriends Amandine, not anticipating the dangerous turns their friendship would take.
Sons of Liberty by: Adele Griffin
(New York: Hyperion Books for Children, copyright 1997, 230 p.)
When thirteen-year-old Rock helps his friend Liza run away from home, he wonders whether escaping from his own troubled family would be an act of patriotism or of treason.
When Zachary Beaver came to town by: Kimberly Willis Holt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1999, 192 p.)
During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.
When she was good by: Norma Fox Mazer
(New York: A. A. Levine Books, copyright 1997, 228 p.)
Em's abusive older sister dies, prompting her to recall their life together.
Shizuko's daughter by: Kyoko Mori
(New York: H. Holt, c1993, 227 p.)
After her mother's suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her mother's family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.
A face in every window by: Han Nolan
(San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace, copyright 1999, 264 p.)
After the death of his grandmother, who held the family together, teenage JP is left with a mentally challenged father and a mother who seems ineffectual and constantly sick, and he feels everything sliding out of control.
The beetle and me: a love story by: Karen Romano Young
(New York: Greenwillow Books, copyright 1999, 181 p.)
Surrounded by her busy extended family and their many cars, fifteen-year-old Daisy pursues her goal of single-handedly restoring the car of her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her childhood.
Non-Fiction
General
You, your friends, and your family by: Vincent Bishop
(New York, N.Y. : Rosen Central, c2001)
Adolescence : the survival guide for parents and teenagers by: Elizabeth Fenwick & Dr. Tony Smith
(London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley ; Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1994)
The teenage guy's survival guide by: Jeremy Daldry
(Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown & Company, c1999)
Family
On the homefront : a family survival guide by: Katrina L. Cassel.
(St. Louis, MO : Concordia Pub. House, c1999)
Dealing with mom : how to understand your changing relationship by: Laurence Gillot and Veronique Sibiril ; illustrated by Anne-Sophie Tschiegg ; edited by Tucker
(New York : Amulet Books, 2005)
Coping with family expectations by: Margaret Hill
(New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1990)
Read this book or you're grounded : a secret guide to surviving home by: Wayne Rice
(El Cajon, Calif. : Youth Specialties, c2003)
Cars, curfews, parties, and parents by: Susie Shellenberger & Greg Johnson
(Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House Publishers, c1995)
Why can't we talk? : what teens would share if parents would listen : a book for teens by: Michelle L. Trujillo
(Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, 2000)
Coping with families by: Kate Tym and Penny Worms
(Chicago : Raintree, c2005)
Getting along with your parents by: James Dobson
(Nashville : Word Pub., c2000)
Making your way after your parents' divorce : a supportive guide for personal growth by: Lynn Cassella
(Ligouri, MO : Liguori Lifespan, c2002)
Stepfamilies : how a new family works by: Rachel Gaillard Smook.
(Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2001)
Stepliving for teens : getting along with stepparents, parents, and siblings by: Joel D. Block and Susan S. Bartell
(New York : Price Stern Sloan, c2001)
Friendship
The Girls' life must-have guide to making and keeping friends edited by Karen Bokram and Jodi Lynn Bryson
(New York : Scholastic, c2003)
A girl's world presents talking about friends : real-life advice from girls like you created by a Girl's World Productions, Inc., and the members of www.agirlsworld.com ; edited by Brigid Cleary with Lynn Barker and Karen Willson
(Roseville, Calif. : Prima Girls, c2001)
Making friends--keeping friends compiled from Teenage magazine
(Loveland, Colo. : Teenage Books/Group, c1989)
How to win friends and influence people for teen girls by: Donna Dale Carnegie
(New York : Fireside, c2005)
The complete idiot's guide to peer pressure for teens by: Hilary Cherniss and Sara Jane Sluke
(Indianapolis, IN : Alpha, c2002)
A smart girl's guide to friendship troubles : dealing with fights, being left out & the whole popularity thing by: Patti Kelley Criswell
(Middleton, WI : American Girl, c2003)
Girls friends : will you be friends forever? by: Sarah Delmage
(New York : Scholastic, c2002)
The truth about girlfriends by: Amy Fishbein
(New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins, c2001)
A good friend : how to make one, how to be one by: Ron Herron, Val J. Peter
(Boys Town, Neb. : Boys Town Press, c1998)
Best friends for life by: Michael & Judy Phillips
(Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House Publishers, c1997)
Ask Lucky! : the Girls'life guide to dealing with dilemmas edited by Kelly White and Lori Stacy
(New York : Scholastic, c2003)
Sweet hearts : a whole-hearted fun guide to love and friendship by: Janet Hoggarth
(New York : Scholastic/Chicken House, 2001)
Making friends, finding love by: Julie Tallard Johnson
(Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1992)
Friends, cliques, and peer pressure : be true to yourself by: Christine Wickert Koubek
(Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2002)
A girl's guide to life : the real dish on growing up, being true, and making your teen years fabulous! by: Katie Meier
(Nashville, Tenn. : Transit, c2004)
Everything you need to know about cliques by: Heather Moehn
(New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2001)
Gang free : friendship choices for today's youth by: Valerie Wiener
(Minneapolis, MN : Fairview Press, c1995)
