Sharks & Boys
Feeling betrayed, fifteen-year-old Enid follows her boyfriend, Wick, from Vermont to Maryland where he and six others they know from twin studies rent a yacht, but after she sneaks aboard a storm sets them adrift without food or water, fighting for survival.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
Ditched
Justina wakes up in a ditch in the middle of the night after attending her senior prom and struggles to piece together the events--which seem to involve a three-legged Chihuahua, a demolition derby-ready Cadillac, and a fresh tattoo--that brought her there.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: balls (parties), interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs), high schools, schools, proms, school stories
Dead Is A Battlefield
Nightshade High freshman Jessica Walsh's hope of finding normalcy in high school is crushed when fellow students develop zombie-like crushes on a new boy, and she learns that she is a Virago, a woman warrior who fights when her city is in trouble.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: supernatural, zombies, high schools, schools, interpersonal relations [X], paranormal fiction, school stories
Destined
Laurel, Tamani, David, and Chelsea race to defend Avalon from Yuki and Klea--but they realize that there may be nothing they can do to save it.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
Crush
Afraid to actually ask Tina Zabinski for a date, eighth-grader Kevin spends most of his time theorizing about love and romance and observing and analyzing male-female interactions.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
Anya's Ghost
Anya, embarrassed by her family and lacking confidence in her body and her social skills, finally finds a friend after falling down a well, but quickly learns there are drawbacks to having a ghost for a friend.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], self-esteem, high schools, russian americans, ghost stories, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, ghosts, cartoons and comics, ghost stories, graphic novels
A Girl Named Digit
After identifying a terrorist plot, a brilliant seventeen-year-old girl from Santa Monica, California, gets involved with the young FBI agent who is trying to ensure her safety.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
How To Beat Verbal Bullying
In this insightful narrative, students understand and identify damaging verbal encounters, what to expect from an encounter with a verbal bully and ways to respond.
302.34
year: 2013
copies: 6
call number/section: 302.34
lexile:
subjects: alienation (social psychology), social conflict, bullies, teasing, interpersonal relations [X]
How To Beat Psychological Bullying
Experts refer to psychological bullying as relational aggression.
302.34
year: 2013
copies: 8
call number/section: 302.34
lexile:
subjects: human behavior, psychology, interpersonal relations [X], bullies, psychological abuse, bullying
How To Beat Social Alienation
Social alienation is a form of indirect bullying. In this penetrating narrative, teens learn about the effects of bullying, not only to the victim but also to the bully.
302.5
year: 2013
copies: 7
call number/section: 302.5
lexile:
How To Beat Physical Bullying
In this stirring narrative, teen readers learn about some of the causes of physical bullying, people who have struggled to cope with the problem, strategies for victims and bystanders on how to stop physical bullying, and how individuals and schools can reduce this grave injustice.
302.34
year: 2013
copies: 9
call number/section: 302.34
lexile:
How To Beat Cyberbullying
Cyberbullies use electronic devices such as computers and cell phones to embarrass, harass, or threaten someone.
302.34
year: 2013
copies: 8
call number/section: 302.34
lexile:
One Year In Coal Harbor
In a small fishing village in British Columbia, twelve-year-old Primrose tries to be a matchmaker for her Uncle Jack, befriends Ked, a new foster child, tries to decide if she is willing to go to jail for her convictions, and together with Ked, publishes a cook book to raise money for the Fisherman's Aid.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 52
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: eccentrics and eccentricities, interpersonal relations [X], foster home care, dysfunctional families, self-reliance, british columbia
The Rules
At sixteen, Ariane Tucker has been careful to elude those seeking her since her escape from a genetics lab ten years earlier, but the attention of classmate Zane, both frightening and intoxicating, tempts her to risk violating at least one of her adoptive father's five simple rules.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], high schools, schools, fathers and daughters, genetic engineering
One Of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies
Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: fathers and daughters, moving, household, actors and actresses, grief, interpersonal relations [X], los angeles (calif.), actors, homosexuality, father-daughter relationship, moving, father-child relationship, father and child, reading counts!