Teen High Interest Titles


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"Shane is bored with school, then she meets the hot new volleyball coach. Suddenly, things are looking up. Brandi becomes co-captain of the varsity cheer squad. Dating a famous rapper is not bad either. And Marisa is the featured twirler during halftime. But after a big win, her crew parties a little too hard."--Publisher.
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A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam. Includes author's note about foster home care.
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5 stars
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Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
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3 stars
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Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.
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While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
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"Basketball-crazy Jake Burnett is thrilled to be leaving home to attend prestigious Centerville Prep and pursue his hoop dreams at the highest level. But when things at his new school aren't quite as advertised, Jake has a difficult choice to make--advance his basketball career or do the right thing."--Page 4 of cover.
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4.5 stars
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Marcos Rivas is desperate to escape the projects, his neglectful mother, and her abusive boyfriend, but when he is picked for a class at his high school targeting smart students who are underperforming, he initially resists.

8. 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.
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After his mother's disappearance, Charlie became a bullied loner, obsessed with UFO sightings, so when new student Seth wants to be his friend, Charlie is suspicious.
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"When Lauren (Panda), a teen photoblogger, gets involved in a deadly game, she has to protect the classmates she despises"--
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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.
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Bluford series volume 11.
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This sequel to Brothers in Arms picks up the story of Martin Luna as he struggles to rebuild his life after the death of his little brother. In trouble at Bluford High School for fighting, Martin faces an even bigger problem at home: Frankie, the most feared homeboy from his neighborhood, is hunting him.

13. Forever

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3.4 stars
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Katherine and Michael, along with various friends and acquaintances in suburban New Jersey, discover the possibilities and limitations of love and personal commitment. Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.
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Seventeen-year-old Penny struggles to balance her last year of high school, a new romance, and looking after Jude, her sister with mental health issues.
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Brandi, Marissa, and Shane are excited to begin their freshman year at Port City High, but find their friendship tested by Shane's drug addiction and Marissa's relationship with Brandi's ex.
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"Ash has never thought much about being intersex. But when he gets his period and his parents pressure him to 'try being a girl,' he must fight for who he really is"--
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Pretenders volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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"The second-quarter journal entries of five freshmen at ultra-competitive Noble High detail the students' ongoing quest to become the Phoenix Five - the most outstanding first-year students in the school"--
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Bluford series volume 1.
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Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she doesn't know where to turn for help. First a mysterious stranger started following her. Then there was a threatening note left on her desk. Now her sister has disappeared. Darcy has to save her sister and her fragile family before it's too late!
Book cover for "A matter of trust"
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Bluford series volume 2.
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When Darcy Wills starts hanging out with "the zeros," a group of students at Bluford High, Brisana Meeks, Darcy's grade school friend, quickly becomes her rival and not only taunts Darcy daily but tries to steal her boyfriend.
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4 stars
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After Ciela and Lock are sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family's possibly-magical pastelería and his secret forest of otherworldly trees.