Almost Perfect
With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student--who is hiding a big secret--arrives at his small-town Missouri high school.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: dating (social customs), high schools [X], schools, friendship, identity (philosophical concept), missouri, school stories, identity, single-parent families, transgender people
Big Fat Manifesto
High school senior Jamie Carcaterra tries to win a scholarship by sharing her experiences as a fat girl in today's appearance-obsessed high school culture, but as she opens her life up to the criticism of her classmates and the media, she begins to wonder if she is being truly honest with herself.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: overweight persons, self-confidence, interpersonal relations, prejudices, high schools [X]
Carrie
A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 59
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: psychokinesis, bullying, revenge, good and evil, horror fiction, bien y mal, venganza, intimidar, psicoquinesis, science fiction, horror, fiction, supernatural, high schools [X], friendship
The Lonely Hearts Club
Fed up with boys and the way they have treated her and her friends, high school junior Penny Lane--named after the Beatles song--forms a club whose members vow to stop dating, but the repercussions are surprising.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: dating (social customs), clubs, interpersonal relations, high schools [X], schools, school stories
The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner
Bree, a newborn vampire and part of the army preparing to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, does not recall much about her life as a human, but knows enough to realize she is a pawn in a dangerous game that could end in her death--for the last time.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 75
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: vampires, werewolves, interpersonal relations, high schools [X], schools, seattle (wash.), washington (state), school stories
Skunk Girl
Nina Khan is not just the only Asian or Muslim student in her small-town high school in upstate New York, she is also faces the legacy of her "Supernerd" older sister, body hair, and the pain of having a crush when her parents forbid her to date.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: interpersonal relations, pakistani americans, families, high schools [X], schools, new york (state)
Crank
"Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 114
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: biographical fiction, teenagers, girls, drug abuse, cocaine abuse, high schools [X], schools, family problems, teenage girls, school stories, novels in verse, pregnancy, family, high school students, families, spanish language
Artichoke's Heart
When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: interpersonal relations, high schools [X], obesity, self-esteem, mother-daughter relationship, tennessee, schools, weight loss
As You Wish
When a genie arrives to grant sixteen-year-old Viola's wish to feel she belongs, as she did before her best friend/boyfriend announced that he is gay, her delay in making wishes gives her and the mysterious Jinn time to fall in love.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Before I Fall
When Samantha Kingston suddenly dies while at school, she is given a second chance to live out her final day over the course of a week in order to solve the mystery of her death and understand the real value of everything she might lose.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: dead, interpersonal relations, popularity, self-perception, conduct of life, high schools [X]
The Dark Divine
Grace Divine, almost seventeen, learns a dark secret when her childhood friend--practically a brother--returns, upsetting her pastor-father and the rest of her family, around the time strange things are happening in and near their small Minnesota town.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: interpersonal relations, supernatural, families, christian life, high schools [X], minnesota
Pushin'
Jayd Jackson, who has finally completed her advanced placement exams, tries to deal with the drama surrounding her at her mother's house while attempting to focus on spirit lessons and her hair braiding business.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: south bay high (imaginary organization), african american high school students, high schools [X], friendship
Two Parties, One Tux, And A Very Short Film About The Grapes Of Wrath
Mitch, a shy and awkward high school junior, negotiates the difficult social situations he encounters, both with girls and with his best friend David, after David reveals to him that he is gay.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: friendship, interpersonal relations, dating (social customs), homosexuality, high schools [X], school stories
Songs For A Teenage Nomad
Having lived in twelve places in eight years, fourteen-year-old Calle Smith knows better than to put down roots, storing memories in a song journal while she keeps the world at a distance, but friends--even a boyfriend--are there to help when she learns why her mother has always been on the run.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To
Fifteen-year-old Darren, a social misfit who spends his time at school trying not to be noticed while drawing characters for a planned film series and book tie-ins, befriends Eric, another outcast who reveals that he never sleeps.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: