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HOLDER, Amy. The Lipstick Laws. 238p. CIP. Houghton/Graphia. 2011. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-0-547-363064. LC 2010027416. Gr 9 Up--April Bowers is entering 10th grade at Penford High, and it appears that [...]

* EFAW, Amy. After. 350p. Viking. 2009. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-670-01183-4. LC number unavailable. Gr 8 Up--Fifteen-year-old Devon Davenport lies on the sofa mindlessly watching morning TV. She is in [...]

WALDORF, Heather. Tripping. 342p. CIP. Red Deer. 2009. pap. $12.95. ISBN 978-0-88995-426-7. LC C2008-903795-2. Gr 8 Up--'...the most important thing about the WESTEX trip isn't so much about how far [...]

FIELDS, Terri. Holdup. 163p. CIP. Roaring Brook/A Deborah Brodie Bk. Apr. 2007. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-219-2. LC 2006017566. Gr 10 Up--Saturday nights at Burger Heaven are always busy, but this [...]

CLIFFORD, Mary Louise. The Shalamar Code. 186p. GIP. Flux. 2006. pap. $8.95. ISBN 0-7387-0934-4. LG number unavailable. Gr 8-10--In a post-9/11 world, Pakistan is an uneasy place to live, let [...]

STEPHENSON, Lynda. Dancing with Elvis. 323p. CIP. Eerdmans. 2005. Tr $17. ISBN 0-8028-5293-9. LG 2004020442. Gr 7-9--Frankilee Baxter's world is turned upside down when she and her mother decide to [...]

PEARSON, Mary E. A Room on Lorelei Street. 266p. CIP. Holt. 2005. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-7667-0. LC 2004054015. Gr 10 Up--When Zoe's teacher mispronounces her name on the first day [...]

RYAN, Pam Munoz. Becoming Naomi Leon. 256p. Scholastic. Sept. 2004. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-26969-5. LC number unavailable. Gr 5-8--Gram, Naomi, and Owen are happy at Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho until [...]

STRAUSS, Linda Leopold. Really, Truly, Everything's Fine. 149p. CIP. Marshall Cavendish. 2004. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-7614-5163-3. LG 2003017217. Gr 4-7--Jill's life begins to unravel the morning she learns that her [...]

KIRBY, Jessi. Moonglass. 232p. CIP. S & S. 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-16949; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-1696-3. LC 2010037389. Gr 7-10--Because of a job transfer, Anna, 17, and her dad [...]

MASHONEE, Jana & Stephan Galfas. American Indian Story: The Adventures of Sha'kona. 279p. Wampum. 2011. pap. $16.95. ISBN 978-0-9842012-1-1. LC number unavailable. Gr 10 Up--Mashonee is a Native American, award-winning [...]

SALDANA, Rene Jr. A Good Long Way. 112p. Pinata. 2010. pap. $10.95. ISBN 978-1-55885-607-3. LC number unavailable. Gr 7 Up--A coming-of-age novel set in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. [...]

SPRINGER, Nancy. Possessing Jessie. 88p. CIP. Holiday House. 2010. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8234-2259-3. LC 2009031638. Gr 7-10--Jessie is grief-stricken after her brother's death. Her mother has become unresponsive, refusing to [...]

TINGLE, Tim. Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light. illus. by Karen Clarkson. unpaged. CIP. Cinco Puntos. May 2010. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781-933693-67-5. LC 2009042859. K-Gr 5--Tingle tells his [...]

LACOUR, Nina. Hold Still. illus. by Mia Nolting. 229p. Dutton. 2009. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-525-42155-9. LC number unavailable. Gr 10 Up--After losing her best friend, Ingrid, to suicide, Caitlin is [...]

STANLEY, George Edward. Night Fires. 183p. CIP. S & S/Aladdin. 2009. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-7559-5. LC 2008051607. Gr 7-10--A thought-provoking novel about racism in rural Oklahoma. It's 1928, and Woodrow [...]

COLEMAN, Wire & Pat Perrin. Anna's World. 230p. Chiron. 2008. pap. $12.95. ISBN 978-1-935178-02-6. LC number unavailable. Gr 8 Up--This story accurately portrays life in a Shaker community and the [...]

MONNINGER, Joseph. Hippie Chick. 160p. CIP. Front St. 2008. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59078-598-0. LC 2007051976. Gr 8 Up--Fifteen-year-old Lolly Emmerson loves to spend time with her boyfriend, Nicky. Her other [...]

JIMENEZ, Francisco. Reaching Out. 196p. photos, reprods. Houghton. 2008. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-618-03851-0. LC number unavailable. Gr 8 Up--Jimenez, the son of Mexican immigrants, left behind a life of hard […]

BASKIN, Nora Raleigh. All We Know of Love. 208p. Candlewick. 2008. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3623-4. LC 2007022396. Gr 7 Up--Natalie's mother left in mid-sentence. At least that is what Natalie [...]

KROPP, Alex. Turf War. 109p. ISBN 978-1-897039-29-8. LC C2007-906953-3. VARRATO, Tony. Outrage. 107p. ISBN 978-1-897039-28-1. LC C2007-906952-5. ea vol: (HIP Edge Series). CIP. H-I-P. 2008. pap. $12.95. Gr 8 Up--Turf [...]

FOLEY, John. Running with the Wind. 216p. Flux. 2007. pap. $8.95. ISBN 978-0-7387-1002-0. LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up--In this sequel to Hoops of Steel (Flux, 2007), Jackson O'Connell has [...]

TIGELAAR, Liz. Pretty Tough. 246p. CIP. Penguin/Razorbill. 2007. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-1-59514-112-5. LC 2007001973. Gr 7 Up--Sisters Krista and Charlie Brown could not be more different. Krista, the eldest, is [...]

POLISAR, Lisa. The Ghost of Mary Prairie. 280p. Univ. of New Mexico. 2007. pap. $18.95. ISBN 978-0-8263-4209-6. LG 2006034207. Adult/High School--In this action-packed mystery, Jake Leeds, 15, accepts a dare [...]

UPDALE, Eleanor. Montmorency's Revenge. 289p. CIP. Scholastic/Orchard. 2007. PLB $16.99. ISBN 978-0-43981373-0. LC 2006009745. Gr 7 Up--The fourth in this series opens with the pending death of Queen Victoria and [...]

* LARSON, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky. 289p. further reading. CIP. Delacorte. 2006. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-73313-5; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-90332-4. LC 2005035039. Gr 6-8-Larson relates a heartwarming yet poignant story [...]

CARNEY, Jeff. The Adventures of Michael MacInnes. 244p. CIP. Farrar. 2006. Tr $17. ISBN 0-374-30146-8. LC 2004057669. Gr 9 Up--Orphaned, a scholarship student, and a self-proclaimed poet, Michael Machines is [...]

MCCAUGHREAN, Geraldine. Cyrano. 114p. Harcourt. Oct. 2006. Tr $16. ISBN 0-15-205805-2. LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up--McCaughrean retells the classic tale in accessible language that is both entertaining and tender. [...]

STOLARZ, Laurie Faria. Bleed. 222p. Hyperion. Sept. 2006. RTE $15.99. 1SBN 0-7868-3854-X. LC number unavailable. Gr 10 Up--Stolarz has written a funny, yet poignant book of interconnecting short stories in [...]

PETERS, Kimberly Joy. Painting Caitlyn. 189p. CIP. Lobster, dist. by Unix. of Toronto. Sept. 2006. pap. $9.95. ISBN 1-897073-40-2. LC C2005-900064-6. Gr 9 Up--Caitlyn's world is crumbling. Her mother and [...]

BRADMAN, Tony, ed. My Dad's a Punk: 12 Stories about Boys and Their Fathers. 271p. Kingfisher. 2006. pap. $7.95. ISBN 0-7534-5870-5. LC number unavailable. Gr 6 Up--Writers from the United [...]

HOKENSON, Terry. The Winter Road. 175p. CIP. Front St. May 2006. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-932425-45-4. LC 2005027030. Gr 8 Up--Willa Raedl, 17, feels totally alone since her older brother died. [...]

IVERSEN, Jeremy. 21. 261p. S & S/Pulse. 2005. pap. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-87623-8. LC 2004112066. Gr 10 Up--Bret's 21st birthday coincides with the night of his fraternity's biggest bash of the [...]

ROLEFF, Tamara L., ed. The Oklahoma City Bombing. 224p. (History Firsthand Series). appendix. chron. further reading. index. notes. Web sites. CIP. Gale/Green-haven. 2004. PLB $33.70. ISBN 0-7377-1658-4; pap. $22.45. ISBN [...]

RALLISON, Janette. Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws. 185p. CIP. Walker. 2004. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8027-8927-7. LC 2004041904. Gr 6-9--Cami, 14, only has one thing on her mind-to [...]

LASKY, Kathryn. Blood Secret. 256p. HarperCollins. Aug. 2004. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-000066-X; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-000065-1. LC number unavailable. Gr 7 Up--Since her mother disappeared from a campground several years [...]

MCCORD, Patricia. Pictures in the Dark. 322p. Bloomsbury. May 2004. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-58234-848-0. LC number unavailable. Gr 7-10--A compelling novel set in 1950s Seattle. Twelve-year-old Sarah and her older [...]

248p. CIP. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. 2003. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-425190. LC 2003003747. Gr 5-8--Millie, an 11-year-old with a genius IQ, is taking a college poetry class and waiting for [...]

178p. Four Seasons. 2003. pap. $13.95. ISBN 1-891929-99-2. LC number unavailable. Gr 6-9--Thirteen-year-old Rob McKinley's life is in chaos. Since his mother died, his father's drinking has escalated to the [...]

MCDONALD, Janet. Twists and Turns. 135p. CIP. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. 2003. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-39955-7. LC 2002035313. Gr 7 Up--Keeba and Teesha Washington have just graduated from their Brooklyn high [...]

92p. (Orca Soundings Series). CIP. Orca. 2002. pap. $7.95. ISBN 1-55143-244-7. LC 2002107489. Gr 8-10--No one loves Dime--or so she thinks. Since negative attention is better than none at all, [...]

232p. CIP. HarperCollins. 2003. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-001022-3; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-001023-1. LC 2002032812. Gr 9 Up--Seniors Nikki, Sam, and Alicia cook up a 'Great Idea.' Each of them is [...]

160p. CIP. Houghton. Apr. 2003. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-26363-2. LC 2002010819. Gr 7 Up--When Phebe, 15, begins to question her single-minded pursuit of becoming a ballerina, she decides to visit [...]

92p. (Orca Soundings Series). CIP. Orca. 2002. pap. $7.95. ISBN 1-55143-242-0. LC 2002107488. Gr 9 Up--After a summer of attempting to cope with his father's suicide, Shaw, 16, and his [...]

215p. CIP. Walker. 2002. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8027-8830-0. LC 2001056836. Gr 9 Up--When Jen's boyfriend commits suicide, she is lonely, sad, bewildered, and rebellious. During this bleak period, she starts [...]