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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews (YA ANDREWS)
Greg’s only friend is Earl—and he likes it that way. Together, he and Earl make their own DIY, low-budget versions of arthouse movies. Their movies don’t have any purpose—until they befriend a girl dying of Leukemia. (Grades 9+) |
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Tales of the Madman Underground
John Barnes (YA BARNES)
All Karl wants is to be normal and stay out of more rounds of therapy. That’s difficult when your friends are the ‘Madman Underground’! (Grades 9+) |
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The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
Josh Berk (YA BERK)
What do you do when you’ve befriended the only guy in school who is less cool than you? Solve a murder! (Grades 8+) |
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Zombies Versus Unicorns
Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (YA ZOMBIES)
One has a sharp horn and a mean kick, the other has a vicious bite and a kickin’ odor.
(Grades 9+) |
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Evolution, Me And Other Freaks of Nature
Robin Brande (YA BRANDE)
First, Mena went against her conservative church and her parents when she protested their efforts to ‘reform’ a gay classmate. Now she faces her biggest battle yet—standing up for a teacher who won’t teach intelligent design. (Grades 8+) |
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Beauty Queens
Libba Bray (YA BRAY)
When a bunch of shallow beauty pageant contestants are stranded on a desert island, it’s survival—of the fittest! (Grades 8+) |
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Going Bovine
Libba Bray (YA BRAY)
Mad cow disease. Little people. Garden gnomes. Kooky celebrities. Mad scientists. Disney Rides. The meaning of life itself!!!!! (Grades 9+) |
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Al Capone Does My Shirts [Has a Sequel]
Gennifer Choldenko (YA CHOLDENKO)
Great. Now they have murderers, mob bosses & criminals for neighbors. (Grades 6-8) |
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The Edumacation of Jay Baker
Jay Clark (YA CLARK)
“Root for Jay as he exchanges ego-blows with his mortal enemy, gets awkward around his dream girl(s), loses his marbles in a Bermudian love triangle.” And more! (Grades 9+) |
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Drink Slay Love
Sarah Beth Durst (YA DURST)
Pearl is a teenage vampire. It wasn’t a vampire hunter that attacked her—it was a unicorn! Now she’s got some cool human powers to go along with her vamp ones. (Grades 9+) |
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Once Upon a Marigold [Has a Sequel]
Jean Ferris (YA FERRIS)
Christian’s mother has a diabolical plan…and only he can stop her. (Grades 5-9) |
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The Princess Bride
William Goldman (YA GOLDMAN)
Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. All for Buttercup. (Grades 9+) |
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Deadly Cool [Series]
Gemma Halliday (YA HALLIDAY)
Hartley Featherstone Series. Hartley’s boyfriend cheats on her, then expects her to clear his name when he’s accused of murder. Would you?! (Grades 8+) |
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Chomp
Carl Hiaasen (YA HIAASEN)
For Wahoo Crazy, life is a zoo—literally! Now he’s got a part on his dad’s crazy Survivor-esque reality show. When one of the cast members goes missing, the survival gets real. (Grades 6-8) |
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The Reformed Vampire Support Group
Catherine Jinks (YA JINKS)
Being a vampire could be cool….unless you’re stuck for decades of your immortality in a horribly dull support group! (Grades 7+) |
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Son of the Mob [Has a Sequel]
Gordon Korman (YA KORMAN)
A hot girl in the front seat. A body in the back. What could be better? (Grades 7-9) |
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The Boyfriend List [Series]
E. Lockhart (YA LOCKHART)
Ruby Oliver Series. Ruby’s young, but she’s got a running list of ex-boyfriends...not to mention a nearly equally long list of former shrinks. Now she just wants a ‘real live boyfriend.’
(Grades 9+) |
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The Big Game Of Everything
Chris Lynch (YA LYNCH)
A barbershop for long-haired hippies, a 13-hole golf course, and a brother who takes laziness to new heights. Jock’s got it made! (Grades 7-10)
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Hold Me Closer, Necromancer [Has a Sequel]
Lish McBride (YA MCBRIDE)
With dead-raising necromancers and werewolves hot on your heels, your fast food job and b-movie hobby don’t seem quite as important... (Grades 8+) |
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Rock God: The Legend of BJ Levine
Barnabas Miller (YA MILLER)
“The truth is that my first 13 years of life before I met you have been super boring...I decided to become a full-on, fire-breathing megalord of Rrrrrrock!” (Grades 6-8) |
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Christopher Moore (YA MOORE)
“The first time I saw the man who would save the world he was sitting...with a lizard hanging out of his mouth.” (Grades 10+) |
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Wisdom’s Kiss
Catherine Gilbert Murdock (YA MURDOCK)
Princess Wisdom is sick and tired of her boring life as a princess. She might be able to escape (and save the kingdom) with the help of a soldier, a maid, and (of course) a cat! (Grades 7-10) |
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Destroy All Cars
Blake Nelson (YA NELSON)
James Hoff hates America’s out-of-control consumer culture. He also hates is ex-girlfriend. Unfortunately, he can’t seem to shake either! (Grades 8+) |
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Cat Girl’s Day Off
Kimberly Pauley (YA PAULEY)
“Never listen to a cat. That will only get you in trouble!” Kat has the uncanny ability of feline
communication—and it may get her into a wacky mystery she never wanted a part of. (Grades 7+) |
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King Dork
Frank Portman (YA PORTMAN)
Tom plays in a lot of cool bands...in his mind. Little does he know that his dead dad’s copy of Catcher in the Rye will change his life. (Grades 10+) |
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12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn
James Proimos (YA PROIMOS)
One summer, twelve tasks from an eccentric uncle that will take him across the city...and may find him love. Hercules’ epic journey is about to begin! (Grades 9+) |
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Withering Tights [Series]
Louise Rennison (YA RENNISON)
The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey Series. “Tallulah Casey is ready to find her inner artist. And some new mates. And maybe a boy or two or three.” (Grades 9+) |
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The True Meaning of Smekday
Adam Rex (YA REX)
What begins as an essay will spiral into alien abduction and an insane road trip across ‘Smekland,’ formerly known as Earth! (Grades 7-10) |
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There is No Dog
Meg Rosoff (YA ROSOFF)
What if God were one of us? More specifically, what if (s)he were a typical teenage boy living in an apartment? (Grades 9+) |
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The Schwa Was Here [Has a Sequel]
Neal Shusterman (YA SHUSTERMAN)
“Antsy” Bonano and Calvin Schwa live in Brooklyn. The Schwa had better be as ‘invisible’ as he and his friends believe...or Antsy’s money-making scheme will fall through! (Grades 7-10) |
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith (YA GRAHAME-SMITH)
Everyone knows that Honest Abe helped to end slavery and win the Civil War. Here’s his little-known vampire-slaying background. (Grades 9+) |
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Killer Pizza [Has a Sequel]
Greg Taylor (YA TAYLOR)
Food Network addict Toby has just gotten his dream job flipping pizzas. The only issue is that he may do more monster hunting than dough tossing! (Grades 6-8) |
