Teen High Interest Titles


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"Everyone around Alvin seems to be obsessed with one thing--sex. Alvin finds it uncomfortable to think and talk about it and he knows he isn't ready. His friends, however, think that all Alvin needs is to hook up with the right guy, so they start a plan to set Alvin up with three different guys. First there's Allistair, a boy with strong ambitions. Second is Rowan, a trans boy. Third is Jesse, the popular heartbreaker. But the closer Alvin gets to...
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, 17-yr-old Ichiro secretly enters a drag performance contest."--
Book cover for "Ciel in all directions"
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Ciel volume 2.
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"A sequel to Ciel (ISBN: 978-1-77260-136-7) -- life is anything but ordinary for non-binary trans teen Ciel. Catch the latest adventures of Ciel and their friends, Stephie and Liam. Ciel may have settled into high school with their best friend Stephie and new buddy Liam, but life is anything but ordinary for this non-binary trans kid! Between an important science project for school and their ever more popular YouTube channel, Ciel and their friends...
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3 stars
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"Teen detective Mary Elizabeth continues to unravel a dark conspiracy that has turned her best friend and boyfriend into villainous monsters--all while battling her own inner demons"--

5. Cursed

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Eli Hancock's luck seems to improve after he finds a gold coin on undeveloped property, and when he later finds a pocket watch in the same place, strange things start to happen, making Eli wonder if he is instead cursed.

6. Denial

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"Nova loves Leo, her first boyfriend. After they have sex for the first time, her feelings for him intensify. When Leo starts to pull away from her as their last few months of high school approach, Nova's feelings towards him begin to border on obsession, made worse by her jealously over his close relationship with his swim teammate, the beautiful Jada. The tighter Nova tries to hold on to Leo, the more he seems to pull away. When the inevitable happens...
Book cover for "Even when your voice shakes"
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"When Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother's old school friends, she knows she has to accept. Her wages will feed her family, help her sisters stay in school, and ensure that her mother won't have to worry about them. Amerley's move to Accra isn't easy, but she soon settles into her new life away from her small village--until she is raped by the son of her employer. Torn between keeping quiet to keep her job and speaking up for herself...
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Guilt-ridden and grieving seventeen-year-old Ella falls for her dead best friend Hayley's boyfriend Sawyer, but when she reads Hayley's journal, she discovers Sawyer has a much darker side.
Book cover for "Everything you left me"
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"When the police come knocking at her door, Maybeth is worried her mother is caught up in their small town's drug scene again. Instead, the police are there to question Maybeth about her beloved and long-absent father. He has become the lead suspect in a string of unsolved murders across the country--and Maybeth may be the key to convicting him. Trapped between her scientific mind and her love for her father, Maybeth is forced to confront the reality...
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"Rosa Vieja learns that a local legend may explain the mysterious disappearances of her dad and her classmate."--
Book cover for "Losing hit points"
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"Losing hit points is a nerdy queer romance book set against the backdrop of a tabletop Dungeons and Dragons game. A romantic story filled with goblins, adventure, and the healing power of admitting our mistakes. Equal parts touching and laugh-out-loud funny, trans teen Journey has the chance to play an epic game of Dungeons and Dragons. Surprise encounters are common in D&D but what they don't expect is to reconnect with an ex-friend who they still...
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5 stars
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Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.
Book cover for "Murder at the Hotel Hopeless"
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, an unlikely duo try to solve the murder of an international jewel thief."-- Helping his mother run the family hotel doesn’t usually offer much excitement. The only other people around are Penny Price, a spoiled child actor and star of the hit TV series Little Miss Murder being shot in town, and Mr. Ignato, an elderly resident at the hotel. When Mr. Ignato dies from a fall down the stairs,...
Book cover for "Nate plus one"
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After Nate Haregraves finds out that his ex-boyfriend will be at his cousin's lavish destination wedding in South Africa, his best friend and secret crush Jai Patel--who hopes to convince spotlight-shy Nate to front his band at a music contest--volunteers to be his plus-one.
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Hannah goes on a search for her younger brother, who has disappeared with their overdue rent money, and finds unexpected romance along the way"--
Book cover for "Psychic science"
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In spite of their differing opinions--while Anna believes in science, Caleb pursues the paranormal for his social media program--the two friends must work together when a strange purple mist turns the animals and people of Foggy Creek, Texas, into zombie-like creatures.

17. Solis

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Told in four voices, four prisoners, including undocumented seventeen-year-old Rania, rebel against the corrupt and xenophobic government of the New American Republic that exploits undocumented immigrants in deadly labor camps to mine a world-changing chemical.
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Seventeen-year-old DJ Porter is worried when the animals and people of her hometown start coming down with a mysterious illness, but the arrival of federal agents and scientists make her wonder if something more is going on in Foggy Creek, Texas.
Book cover for "That's not my name"
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4.5 stars
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"Told in two voices, a seventeen-year-old battered and bruised girl struggles to remember who she or the man claiming to be her father is while seventeen-year-old Drew stops at nothing to find his missing girlfriend"--

20. Trapped

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Mario has to finish a school assignment or forfeit participation in the Texas high school football championship, but when he falls into a deep sinkhole, he has a lot more to worry about--especially when it fills up with snakes and the vultures start to circle overhead.