Teen Reading List 2007

FICTION | SCIENCE FICTION | HORROR | MANGA | COMICS | NON-FICTION
Fiction
	Street Pharm / Allison van Diepen Ty Johnson takes over his Brooklyn family’s drug-dealing business while his dad is in prison, but after early success he begins to wonder if there isn’t something more to life.
	Street Love / Walter Dean Myers From the author of Monster comes this novel told in short poems. Damien is a college bound basketball star, while Junice is struggling with her family after her mother goes to prison. Can their initial sparks lead to romance against the odds?
	Wait for Me / An Na High school senior Mina, along with her over-achiever friend Jonathon, has been lying to her mother for years about getting grades good enough to get into Harvard. What happens when she finds out? And what about Ysrael the new employee at the family business who wants to take her to San Francisco to follow their dreams?
	Seven Deadly Sins series / Robin Wasserman Starting with Lust, this dramatic series follows the lives, and sins, of scheming teens in fictional Grace, California.
	Haters / Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez High school sophomore Paski moves from Taos, New Mexico to the glitzy O.C. and discovers at her new school that looks, money, and possessions is what matters. Then she begins to have psychic visions about the popular girl who also happens to hate her!
	Girls for Breakfast / David Yoo Nick Parks skips out on his high school graduation rehearsal to reflect on his disastrous and hilarious school life, from the accidental murder of his 3rd grade classroom hamster to the showdown at the senior prom. And why is Nick so insecure about his Korean heritage and so overly obsessed with girls?
	Hip-Hop High / Alan Lawrence Sitomer “Tee-Ay” listens to hip hop, eats junk food, and is also on the honor roll. Even though she is as smart as her older brother, he seems to get all of the attention. She takes comfort in hip-hop and junk food until she meets her man Devon, and they both try to do what it takes to beat the SAT until….
	Getting It / Alex Sanchez Carlos has never even been kissed and now he’ll do anything to get Roxy to notice him! He asks his gay classmate Sal to give him a makeover so he can get his girl, but in exchange he must help start a Gay Straight Alliance with him.
	Girl, (nearly) 16, Absolute Torture / Sue Limb Second in the funny Girl series, Jess is uneasy about leaving her boyfriend, Fred, with her best friend during the summer and can’t imagine the huge surprise that waits her when she visits her dad’s home for the first time in years.
Science Fiction/Fantasy
	Specials / Scott Westerfeld Shay has become a frightening, super-amped fighting Special. Her job is to keep the Uglies down and the Pretties stupid. One tiny corner of her heart remembers more.
	Eldest / Christopher Paolini Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, pick up where the prequel Eragon left. They have saved the rebel state but more training is ahead. Adventure, chaos, and betrayal occur daily.
	New Moon / Stephenie Meyer Follow up to Twilight. Bella feels destined to be with the vampire Edward forever. Will true love be enough to keep them together?
	Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments. But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit, catastrophically altering the earth's climate and its culture.
	Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever / James Patterson Sequel to The Angel Experiment. Brave bird-kid Max and her flock fly south on a perilous quest to find their parents, after having rescued Angel and recovered secret documents about their origins. They're discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to school!
Horror
No image available	A Chalice of Wind (Balefire: book one) / Cate Tiernan Thais met her identical twin, Clio, at her new school after she had moved to New Orleans. They suddenly find themselves the object of intense interest by other members of their clan. By the author of the Sweep series.
	The Secret Hour (Midnighters no. 1) / Scott Westerfeld While everything is frozen, a few teens find that they have one extra hour after midnight. Jessica is new and she needs to survive the midnight hours because the dark creatures are coming after her. Can she survive?
	Sons of Destiny (Cirque du Freak v.12) / Darren Shan As Darren faces the final showdown with his arch enemy he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.
	Gil’s All Fright Diner / A. Lee Martinez A werewolf and a vampire drop by a roadside eatery to have dinner. They are hired by the owner to get rid of the zombies that haunt the place. Do they know what they are getting into?
	The Hand of the Devil / Dean Carter Ashley Reeves is a young journalist. While investigating a story, his life becomes endangered. Will he be able to sort out the true nature of the Devil's Hand
Manga
	Alice 19th v.1 Lotis Master / Yu Watase Alice, a young girl who was always shy and insignificant, saves a rabbit and becomes the one who can save the world from evil.
	Bleach v.1 The Death and the Strawberry/ Tite Kubo After a battle with an evil spirit, Ichigo ends up a full-fledged Soul Reaper and must protect the innocent from the Hollows and help spirits find peace.
	Buso Renkin v.1 / Nobuhiro Watsuki Joining forces with a sorceress, Kazuki uses his newfound powers and his Buso Renkin, an Alchemy Weapon, to fight the man-eating Homunculus monsters.
	Kanpai! v.1 / Maki Murakami Monster guardian Yamada develops a crush on a stuck-up girl while in training for his license, but part of his training involves giving up all personal desires. What’s a boy to do?
Comics
	American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang Jin, Danny, and the Monkey King’s stories are blended to display some of the difficulties in perception faced by young Chinese Americans and what it means to be an American-born Chinese.
	The Good, the Bad and the Bunny / Jim Benton Happy Bunny show us the right way to handle situations alongside the It’s Happy Bunny way.
	Emo Boy: nobody cares about anything anyway, so why don’t we all just die? v.1 / Steve Emond Emo Boy is a walking disaster with super powers that only cause destruction.
	Runaways v.2: Teenage Wasteland / Brian Vaughan The Runaways, a group of teens who find out their parents are super villains, are left to fight off all the villains who are trying to fill the void their parents left behind and stay out of foster care at the same time.
Non-Fiction
	First Exposures / Dave Eggers San Francisco teens participated in this photography project dealing with relationships.
	Graffiti NYC / Hugo Martinez Graffiti from the 5 boroughs of New York City!
	Body Type: Intimate Messages Etched in Flesh / Ina Saltz Body Type is an eye-opening look into the amazingly creative ways that tattoo artists are utilizing typography.
	I Don't Want to be Crazy: A Memoir of Anxiety Disorder / Samantha Schutz A teen’s journey into the world of an anxiety disorder. Real and raw.
	A Piece of Cake / Cupcake Brown The true story of a girl who has been through it all—abuse, drugs, gangs, and more—and came out on top.
	Skateboarding is Not a Crime: 50 years of street culture / James Davis History, tricks, culture, and some of the top skaters from around the world.
	Teen People Celebrity Beauty Guide / Editors of Teen People Magazine Get tricks for fabulous hair, skin, makeup and more from the stars and their stylists.
	The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions / Kenji Kawakami You won’t believe some of these outrageous inventions.
	Revolutionary Voices: a multicultural queer youth anthology / edited by Amy Sonnie A collection of memories, dreams and ideas, stories, poems and artwork by LGBTQ youth. Street Lit