If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser
DeShawn lives in the Frederick Douglass Projects, ruled by the notorious Douglass Disciples. DeShawn grows up fast helping to support his family and will soon be shouldering the responsibility of fatherhood. DeShawn is smart and sees college as his way out of his situation, but the Disciples want to [...]

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Grace lives for the winters when she can see her wolf, her guardian wolf. He is always there watching with those hauntingly familiar yellow eyes. Sam is torn between two worlds but Grace is his constant. If only Grace would notice Sam. This gripping werewolf tale is the first installment in The [...]

Ruined by Paula Morris
Rebecca Brown’s father just dumped her on her Aunt Claudia in New Orleans so he can work for six months in China. Rebecca resents the move but makes a friend while strolling through the cemetery across the street. Before long Rebecca realizes her friend, Lisette, is not what she seems. Lisette is [...]

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Normal, boring, uneventful, dead is the perfect chronology of a perfectly flawed existence. Ethan Wate, growing up lonely and detached in a small southern town, expects nothing more…until he meets the darkly alluring Lena Duchannes. The monotony of his existence comes to an abrupt end as they discover [...]

If I Stay: A Novel by Gayle Forman
After being severely injured in the car accident that killed her parents and brother, Mia floats above her broken body observing her grandparents’ and boyfriends’ pain. As her body lies in a coma, Mia recalls the idyllic life she had with her family. Should she fight to live [...]

Mare’s War by Tanita Davis
The ideal summer for most teenaged girls would not be spent driving across the country with an elderly grandmother; however, for Mare and her granddaughters Octavia and Talitha, this journey provides the perfect opportunity for them to get to know each other. The two teens learn how a young African-American girl [...]

Maze Runner by James Dashner
Thomas wakes up in “the Glade” with no idea who he is or why he is there. The Glade is surrounded by a treacherous maze with dead-ends and deadly creatures. When a somehow-familiar girl comes to the Glade, she is bearing a strange message.  Everything starts to get even worse for [...]

Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Valerie and her boyfriend Nick created the Hate List together, a list of all the people and things they hated. For Valerie, it was a way to let off steam, but for Nick it was a plan for revenge. The Hate List becomes the “roll call of death” when one day [...]

Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead by Brian Boyle
On his way home from swimming practice, Brian Boyle, an 18-year-old athlete, is involved in a horrendous car wreck. In a coma for over a month, he gradually becomes aware of his surroundings only to learn that he may never [...]

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Eighteen-year-old Lia finds out that Cassie has died of anorexia, a disease the two best friends proudly shared.  Her death sends Lia’s mental state into a downward spiral, along with the numbers on the scale: 103, 101, 98, 88… Not for the faint at heart, this title takes a realistic look [...]