All published by Avon Books
All located in YA PB Bla
Jonah Black is kicked out of an exclusive eastern boarding school, and
comes home to go to a regular high school- something he has never done
before. Jonah learns to express his true feeling in the form of a
diary, some dealing with reality, some fantasy. Jonah is a likeable,
affable character who will appeal to both boys and girls alike.
Cormier, Robert
Rag and Bone Shop
Delacort, 2001
YA Cor
An ace interrogator works to get a confession form a twelve year who
is accused of killing a 7 year old.
Cormier, Robert
Tenderness
Delacorte,1997
YA Cor
Fifteen year-old Lori falls for Eric, an 18 year old serial killer.
Crutcher, Chris
Athletic Shorts
Greenwillow, 1991
YA PB Cru
A brief collection of short stories based on character from Crutcher's
other books.
Crutcher, Chris
Chinese Handcuffs
Greenwillow,1989
YA PB Cru
Eighteen year-old Dillon is still terribly troubled by the suicide of
his older brother, and finds a friend in troubled Jennifer, who shares
with him the terrible secret of what her step-father is doing to her.
Crutcher, Chris
Ironman
William Morrow, 1995
YA PB Cru
Bo is sent to anger management classes, and meets an entirely new set
of friends. He becomes attracted to Shelley, whose passion for
physical challenge meets his own.
Crutcher, Chris
Whale Talk
Greenwillow Books, 2001
YA Cru
Intellectually and athletically gifted TJ, adopted and multiracial,
shuns the organized sports and athletes at his school until he agrees
to form a swim team for those who are reluctant and less popular.
Frank, E.R.
America
Antheneum, 2002
YA Fra
Teenage America, a part black , part white boy who has spend much of
his life in institutions for disturbed, antisocial behavior, tries to
piece his life together.
Hautman, Pete
Stone Cold
Simon and Schuster, 1998
YA PB Hau
Sixteen year old Den gets more and more introverted as he draws away
from his friends, and becomes more and more involved with gambling and
poker.
Hinton, S.E.
The Outsiders
Viking Press, 1967
YA PB Hin
Amazing story written by a young woman about the conflicted lives of a
group of boys facing gangs, drugs, drinking (many of the conflicts
still facing teens today), and specifically of a family of three brothers
who try to stay together after the death of their parents.
Hinton, S.E.
Tex
Delacort Press, 1979
YA Hin
Two parentless brothers form a strong bond based on love for each
other and their reliance on one another
Korman, Gordon,
Son of the Mob
Hyperion, 2002
YA Kor
Seventeen year old Vince's life is continually complicated by the fact
that he is the son of a leader of an organized group, which is further
complicated by the fact that the girl he is totally in love with is
the daughter of an FBI agent.
Myers, Walter Dean
Monster
Harper Collins, 1999
YA Mye
While on trial as an accomplice to murder, 16 year-old Steve Harmon
keeps a journal, in the form of a film script, as he tries to come to
terms with the twist his life has taken.
Walter, Virginia
Making Up Megaboy
DK Ink , 1998
YA Wal
When 13 year old Robbie shoots a man in a liquor store robbery,
everyone who knows him tries to figure out how this quiet withdrawn
boy could have come to this.
