The Other Half Of Me
Feeling out of place in her athletic family, artistic sixteen-year-old Jenny Fitzgerald, whose biological father was a sperm donor, finds her half sister through the Sibling Donor Registry and contacts her, hoping that this will make her feel complete.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: identity, brothers and sisters, family life, artists, painting, connecticut, realistic fiction [X], dating (social customs)
When It Happens
High school seniors Sara and Tobey attempt to figure out what is important in life as they try to balance their preparations for their futures with their enjoyment of the present.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: interpersonal relations, high schools, self-realization, school stories, realistic fiction [X]
Fifteenth Summer
Fifteen-year-old Chelsea and her family are spending the summer at a cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan where Chelsea meets and falls for Josh, the cute and shy employee at the new bookstore in town.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: dating (social customs), summer, books and reading, family life, love stories, michigan, sisters, realistic fiction [X], families
Swallowing The Sun
When a hurricane hits Jose's little town, all happy thoughts are gone and his life is reduced to just surviving.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Mahtab's Story
Mahtab, forced to flee her home in Herat with her family, journeys with them to Pakistan and on to Australia, wondering if she will ever have a home again, and whether her father will be able to join them.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
The Survival Kit
After her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Rose works through her grief by finding meaning in a survival kit that her mother left behind.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
Someone Else's Life
When seventeen-year-old Rosie's mother dies from Huntington's Disease, a devastating secret is revealed that sends Rosie on a journey from England to the United States with her ex-boyfriend, where she discovers yet more deeply-buried and troubling secrets and lies.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
Reunited
Alice, Summer, and Tiernan were best friends who broke up at the same time as their favorite band, but four years later, just before they are preparing to go off to college, the girls reluctantly come back together, each with her own motives, for a road trip from Massachusetts to Austin, Texas, for the band's one-time-only reunion concert.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
Who I Kissed
Samantha, having kissed Alex to make Zee jealous, becomes the school pariah and a media sensation after Alex dies from a peanut allergy shortly after they kissed and must figure out how to make things right.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
Me, Him, Them, And It
Playing the "bad girl" at school to get back at her feuding parents, sixteen-year-old Evelyn gets into drugs and sex with a bad boy and becomes pregnant.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
Lily And Taylor
Life is finally beginning to smooth out for Taylor, until her abusive boyfriend Devon shows up and traps her and her best friend Lily in a secluded cabin, with no escape in sight.
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year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Paisley Hanover Acts Out
Contains Cameron Tuttle's novel "Paisley Hanover Acts Out, " in which sophomore Paisley begins to write a gossip column for the school paper under the pseudonym "Miss Unpleasant, " in order to disrupt the social hierarchy of her school; and includes "Paisley's Notbook.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: schools, cliques (sociology), popularity, peer pressure, self-perception, high schools, realistic fiction [X]
Believing In Horses
Twelve-year-old Sadie's life changes drastically when she moves to Maryland and her father is deployed to Afghanistan, but then she gets Lucky, a new young horse, and together they encounter horse thieves, Maryland storms, and unwanted horses in need of rescuing.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Tag Along
Friendships are forged on prom night, when four teens help each other through disappointment, near-arrest, parental interference and panic attacks.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
Blonde At Heart
Elle Woods, sophomore in high school, falls in love with the star of her high school's basketball team and decides to revive the spirit of the team and its cheerleaders.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: high school students, schools, school stories, realistic fiction [X], beverly hills (calif.)