Teen High Interest Titles


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1. Adrift

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3.5 stars
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Working in Montauk for the summer, Matt and Mike meet three girls who invite them to their Hamptons mansion, where the group decides to sail out into the ocean in a small boat, become lost at sea, and must learn to work together to survive. "Matt and Mike are best friends, just two working-class guys trying to earn some money in Montauk for the summer. When they meet Driana, JoJo, and Stef, three friends who live a much different life of privilege,...
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"Abby used to be close to her older sister Natalie, but now they seem to have nothing in common. And their constant bickering is putting a strain on the family's winter vacation. After a day on the slopes, their frustrated parents leave the girls alone in their cabin together. But when two suspicious men appear at the remote cabin where they're staying, Natalie is in serious danger. It's up to Abby to use her quick thinking to fend off the intruders....
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Toma and Malek, two thirteen-year-old Syrian children living in Beirut, struggle to provide for their families in a country that can be hostile against refugees like them, but they maintain hope that there is a way out of their seemingly impossible situation.
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5 stars
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Sophomore Hallie Calhoun, her former friend Jonah, and new friend Rachel leave a church youth group hike in the Great Smoky Mountains and become lost for five days, struggling to survive as Hallie finally speaks about the incident that made her a social pariah and Jonah admits why it hurt him so much.
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"Jack loves mountain biking, and when his dad forbids him to ride in the forest surrounding Lytton because of the risk of wildfire, the reality of BC's heat dome sets in. Days later, the village of Lytton burns down, forcing Jack to evacuate to Merritt . . . a fictional account based on the real-life facts of the disastrous wildfire of 2021 that destroyed the town of Lytton after days of scorching heat."--Provided by publisher.
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4.8 stars
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Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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Series:
The living volume 2.
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After surviving the earthquake and tsunami, Shy manages to make it back to land but he is far from safe because a secret his cruise ship co-worker, Addie, shared with him is one that people have killed for, and now that Shy knows, he has become a moving target.

8. Lark

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Series:
Truth of things volume 4.
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"Things are getting tense at home for Nicky and Kenny as they wait for a visit from their estranged mother. To escape, they go for a walk on the moors, taking their little Jack Russell terrier with them. But what should have been a laugh, a lark, turns deadly when the weather changes and they are caught in a blizzard. Nothing will ever be quite the same again..."--

9. Once

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Series:
Once series volume 1.
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After living in an Catholic orphanage for nearly four years, a naive Jewish boy runs away and embarks on a journey across Nazi-occupied Poland to find his parents.
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"In the near future the tides are rising, the weather is out of control, and the rain is poison. Mal lost his family in a storm and now lives with other young people, trying to survive the changing world. Faced with the threat of the rising water and his friend's illness, Mal and his makeshift family must travel across the country to reach a safe place. But the road is dangerous and not all will find their way safely to their new home"--Back of cover....

11. Runaway

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4.7 stars
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After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.
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Mal has finally completed the long dangerous journey to safety in the Shining City. And though he started the trek with friends, he is now the only survivor. There, in the sparkling metropolis, he believes that he is protected from the dangers of the climate-ravaged world. But as a refugee, Mal must live in special housing, cannot move around freely, and faces extreme prejudice.
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Facing a severe snowstorm while on winter break in Colorado, friends CJ and Leo, Alex and Katrina, whose relationship is already in trouble, must rely on each other to survive.
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After he decides to head into remote territory in an effort to find lost friend, "a teenager [sets] wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees"--Provided by publisher.
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3 stars
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After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to work in Germany, escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying to make his way back home to Venice.
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When Kevin and Jesse get stuck in the middle of the woods on their way up to a family cabin, their weekend takes a turn for the worse. How will the boys make it to safety?

17. Then

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Series:
Once series volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In early 1940s Poland, ten-year-old Felix and his friend Zelda escape from a cattle car headed to the Nazi death camps and struggle to survive, first on their own and then with Genia, a farmer with her own reasons for hating Germans.

18. Trapped

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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Kevin makes a startling discovery that he hides from his abusive foster parents"--Provided by publisher.

19. 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.

20. Trapped

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Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.