Young Adult Books

As a reward for helping a neighbor, Robert gets a little piglet which he names Pinky. Despite the fact that he lives on a farm, Robert allows Pinky to become more than just an ordinary farm animal; she becomes a friend to him.

Thirteen year old Mary Lou Finney is not really feeling the summer's homework assignment - keeping a journal. In fact, she has no idea how she'll keep a journal throughout the entire summer. Her life is way too boring for a journal.

When people are asked where they want to live in the United States, they usually say places like New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. Nobody ever says Alcatraz.

Fourteen year old Allie Peterson is devastated when she learns that her parents are divorcing.

" And if it melts, the gods shall reign, and mankind never dream again," and so it begins and ends with Chris Abouzeid's spellbinding Anatopsis. Anatopsis tells the story of thirteen year old Princess Anatopsis (or Ana as she likes to be called) who lives in a world inhabited by magical immortals, a demigod who will do anything to be whole, and suffering mortals who are determined to change their fates.

If Ellie Harrison's parents are the professors who cannot seem to get enough of the Medieval historical period, then why is she the one who is starting to wonder if she has stepped back in time at her new school, Avalon High?

Even though Bella has grown up as a peasant girl in the village of Castle Down, she has managed to be a happy child. She is cared for by a lovely family and is the good friend of Prince Julian who often comes to play with her at the family cottage. As the years go by, the differences in Bella's and Julian's lineage becomes clearly obvious....

Cathy is about to begin the sixth grade, but she has one small problem. She doesn't have any friends.

Who knows the most about teenage friendships? Teenagers themselves that's who.

Adrienne Lewis is a middle class sixteen year old who wants to make a little extra cash. Her best friend Liz tells her about a nanny job that will pay, but.....

Kayla Callaway has been dancing since she was a young child. Now that she's a junior in high school, her love for ballet has only increased. What hasn't increased is the size of her roles. If everyone thinks that she's one of the best dancers at the school, then why is she always getting the bit parts. In her school's upcoming ballet recital, Kayla would love nothing more than to be Cinderella. Unfortunately, she's given a part as an ugly stepsister....

Pete Connors is not his true name. His real name is actually Pax Martin Gandhi Connors, but he and his Uncle thought that the name Pete would help him stay out of the spotlight for a while.

Carlotta is a junior in high school. She considers herself to be the only love expert in the tiny town of Brewerton. Carlotta is convinced that she is the one to help the minister with his advice column. After all she is sympathetic, has an open heart, and knows when to keep her mouth shut. Now, if only she could get her crush, Pete, to see how special she is.

Four Sides, Eight Nights is an excellent book that explains the history of the Jewish people and Hanukkah, the holiday that they celebrate when others are celebrating Christmas. ....

Even though he didn't know it, Harry Potter was born into a world of witchcraft and wizardry.

Three years ago, thirteen year old Chrissa's father left home and never returned. It's an abandonment that hurts Chrissa to the very core...

Sarah, a very creative seventh grader, has dreams of being a famous romance novelist. She also has plans of entering the Preservation Society Fair, which is holding a new teen writing contest. Sarah is sure that she will win this contest. There are however two problems......

Kate Kennedy is very much looking forward to spending winter break with her two best friends, Leah and Allie in Snow Angel Valley, Colorado. The last person she expects to see there is her college age brother, Sam. To both her horror and delight, Sam is accompanied by two other young men, one of them who just so happens to be Kate's crush, Brad Connor.

Sarny is a young slave girl who knows a great deal but would love to know more. At the same time, she realizes that knowing is a bad thing for a slave.

When Ruby's mother dies, Ruby is forced to move across the country and leave everything she has ever known - her best friend Lizzie and her oh so hot boyfriend Ray - to move in with her father, the famous movie star, Whip Logan.

Gorgeous seventh grade boys don't move down the street every day so sixth grade Vicki is excited when one moves in near her.

Out of Order is an extremely charming tale of Lily's adjustment to her mother's marriage and her two new step siblings. Lily has to come to accept the fact that she is no longer the oldest child, but now the third oldest. Lily must also learn how to get along with her new siblings who are also learning how to deal with their new family members. Each one of them must accept each other and come to realize that there is room for everyone and that each person has his own unique role in the new home.

Guy is convinced that the two people he has lived with since birth are not his parents. They're just way too weird, and he's way too normal.

Despite the fact that she has a dark skin color and lives in Mississippi in the 1930's, nine year old Cassie Logan still has never felt the blows of racism directly

Even though he's a slave, thirteen year old Michael still feels pretty lucky. He's always wanted to be a sailor, and his owner, Mrs. Lautrec, is kind enough to let him work on the docks and be near the ships. As he watches ships and sailors come into and leave Charleston, South Carolina, Michael can't help but wonder where they are going.

Eager to make a change in her dismal life, a young girl plants a few seeds in a vacant lot in her blighted neighborhood.

Case Hill and his family have finally gotten their first answering machine, and Case is so very excited until he gets an angry message from his friend Ned.

Six exciting tales for all the diehard SpongeBob fans out there!

With their mother dead from the pox and their father presumably lost at sea, eleven year old Abigail and her little brother Seth struggle to find a place for themselves with the Widow Chase in the early 1800's...

Cathy Price has just been told by her mother that her family is spending the entire summer at the beach in Chatfield. Normally, it would sound like fun, but Cathy doesn't really want to leave town, especially since she believes that she has finally been noticed by gorgeous seventeen year old Dan Stedman.

A school where the teachers show up infrequently and let the students choose their own lessons and determine their own grades? That's the Applewhite Creative Academy.

Some children go to church to pray. Others think about burning the church down.

Marcy Lewis can't decide which she hates more - herself, school, or her father. She has no hope of ever being skinny.

More than anything, twelve year old Ana Rosa wants to be a writer, but in the Dominican Republic where government is king, writing is not something that is done by the lower classes.

Long again, the Titan Prometheus gave the humans fire. His punishment, as dictated by Zeus, was for him to be chained to a rock and have his liver torn out on a daily basis for eternity. When Prometheus escapes and angers the Fury even further, he must find not only another world to hide in, but also another time.

When an Oscar nominated producer and director and a five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner team up to pen a non-fiction book about African American soldiers in World War I, one can expect nothing but a brilliantly written tribute to a group of courageous men......

Lucas is the resident matchmaker at Thomas Jefferson High School, and he's never short on clients. There's always somebody who needs to find their mate. It's no problem for Lucas. Just because he can't keep a relationship going himself (he's just been dumped by his latest Mr. Right) doesn't mean that he can't help out others.

In the follow-up to his acclaimed book, The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories about Inventions, Don Wulffson shares more extraordinary invention stories.

Anand is the bearer of the very sacred conch shell. Even though he carries the magic conch, he still has mysterious, magical powers that he knows nothing about.

Ponyboy and his brothers and friends live on the wrong side of the tracks.

Rebecca is your normal fifteen year old girl who just happens to believe that she has found the perfect guy in Pres. If only she could make him see her as more than a little kid....

Although he is certainly not a killing man, fifteen year old Artemis Bonner has just arrived in Tombstone, Arizona to kill the man who killed his Uncle Ned. The killer is no other than the no account varmint named Catfish Grimes.

Alabama in 1963, not exactly a tourist destination for African Americans back then, but that doesn't stop the Watson family of Flint Michigan for heading down south.

This is the one summer that will change the life of teenage Toby Wilson forever. It is the summer in which he will have his heart broken twice, once by his mother and secondly, by the girl who will never be his.

Yolonda is smart, outspoken, and rather big for her young years.