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Quick List for Ages
12 and over
| Title | Author | Synopsis | Appeals to | Reading Level | Kid-Lit Stars |
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Anderson, Laurie Halse |
In the summer before high school, Melinda is raped by a classmate. She never tells anyone about the incident and it has a dramatic effect on her life. |
Girls |
05 |
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Anonymous |
The true story of a teenage girl who becomes addicted to drugs and destroys her life in the process. |
Girls |
06 |
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Bauer, Joan |
A 16-year-old girl comes to terms with herself and her alcoholic father. Series |
Girls |
05 |
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Card, Orson Scott |
A young boy is identified as the possible savior of earth from an alien invasion. Series |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Conrad, Pam |
A young doctor and his wife move to the Nebraska prairie. Emmeline, the wife, does not adjust well to the hardships of pioneer life. |
Girls |
04 |
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Cormier, Robert |
Jason is accused of murdering his 7-year-old neighbor. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Crutcher, Chris |
Eric, a 12th grader, tries to help his best friend, Sarah, get out of an abusive relationship. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Cushman, Karen |
Diary style story of a young girl betrothed to an older man. |
Girls |
05 |
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Farmer, Nancy |
Complex story about two children who are kidnapped and the detectives who try to find and free them. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Fletcher, Susan |
An exciting re-telling of the Shahrazad story. |
Girls |
05 |
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Forbes, Esther |
An exciting story of one boy's life immediately prior to the American Revolution. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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George, Jean Craighead |
A complex book about Julie, a young Eskimo girl, who must decide whether to adopt modern ways or live as an Eskimo. Series. |
Girls |
06 |
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Gilbreth, Frank B and Ernestine |
Story of the Gilbreth family of 12 children. Series |
Girls |
04 |
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Gray, Elizabeth Janet |
A young boy is separated from his father, a traveling minstrel in Medieval England. |
Boys |
05 |
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Hautzig, Esther |
At age 10, during WW II, Esther is sent to Siberia with her family. After five hard years, she returns to Poland. |
Girls |
06 |
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Howe, Norma |
A high school boy changes his name to Blue Avenger and comes to the aid of several people in distress. Series |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Keith, Harold |
A 16-year-old boy joins the Union Army during the Civil War. |
Boys |
07 |
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Kindl, Patrice |
Owl Tycho, a 14-year-old girl, is half-owl, half-human. She is in love with one of her teachers and is determined to win him as a mate. |
Girls |
05 |
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Kindl, Patrice |
Anna, 14, has lived alone in the walls of her family home for many years. She falls in love with a boy and her feelings for him make her rejoin the world. |
Girls |
06 |
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Lynch, Chris |
The summer before Elvin enters high school, he is forced to attend a school sponsored sports camp. |
Boys |
04 |
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Mahy, Margaret |
A girl realizes that her little brother has been taken over by an evil force and she must get help to save him before it is too late. |
Girls |
06 |
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Orr, Wendy |
Anna is a popular, athletic 17-year-old until a car accident radically changes her life. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Plummer, Louise |
A 17-year-old girl wins the heart of a young man. |
Girls |
04 |
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Raskin, Ellen |
A complex mystery involving the murder of a very wealthy man. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Rennison, Louise |
The diary of a girl telling us about her adventures at school, her attempts to find a boyfriend and her impossible family. Funny. Series. |
Girls |
04 |
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Skurzynski, Gloria |
Corgan, 14, joins two compatriots to fight a virtual war on Earth. |
Boys |
04 |
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Sones, Sonya |
Sophie,14, falls in love three times. |
Girls |
04 |
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Springer, Nancy |
After her grandfather's death, Jamie Bridger is more determined than ever to find her real parents. |
Boys and Girls |
03 |
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Vande Velde, Vivian |
Kerry, 16, becomes involved with an attractive young man who turns out to be a very interesting vampire. |
Girls |
06 |
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Vande Velde, Vivian |
A young man is falsely accused of murder and with the help of the dead man, he finds the true killer. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Voight, Cynthia |
Four children are deserted by their mother. They travel by themselves to Connecticut and then Maryland to try to find a family member who will take them in. Series |
Girls |
04 |
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Wolff, Virginia Euwer |
LaVaughn, 14, agrees to baby-sit for a 17-year-old girl who has two young children. Series |
Girls |
05 |
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Wolff, Virginia Euwer |
The continuation of La Vaughn story, started in Make Lemonade. Here, LaVaughn struggles to excel at school and falls in love for the first time. Series |
Girls |
06 |
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Woodson, Jacqueline |
Jeremiah, an African American boy, and Ellie, a white girl, meet and fall in love. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Wrede, Patricia C. |
A bored and frustrated princess escapes from the palace to live with the dragons. Series. |
Girls |
06 |
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Yolen, Jane |
A young Jewish girl is transported back in time to Poland during WW II. |
Girls |
04 |
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