A girl's pedophile father returns from prison. She is tortured by memories of his incestuous behavior as well as his continued harassment.
In this book, a girl chases her lucky T-shirt all the way to India and ends up volunteering at a children's home.
Four girls write back and forth to each other in a notebook about sex, drugs and life in the city.
The main character, Kaitlyn, deals with her sister's disappearance, drugs and an abusive relationship.
Macy has avoided dealing with her father's death for as long as she could, until one unusual summer job gives her a new perspective.
Four friends keep in touch over the summer by sending one pair of pants to each other.
Toby tries to cover up his brother's drug problem and losing his brother to a substance.
Jade is a teenage girl who suffers from panic disorder. She keeps herself calm by watching the elephants at the local zoo. There, she meets Sebastian. They begin a journey of friendship and suffer through the ups and downs of life.
This book has a variety of teen poets who have expressed their feelings. The poetry is based on problems or beliefs of the poets.
This book is about a girl named Tracy who was raped in the summer in between seventh and eighth grade. She has to learn to cope with her issues and learn to feel safe again.
At 14 years old, a young girl witnesses the death of her two-year-old daughter. Caught up in the stress, she decides to drop out of high school to find a job. The job she lands is working at a strip club. Learn how she handles herself by reading this book.
This is a good read if you're looking for information on real, famous athletes that did drugs -- it tells why they did what they did.
This book answers questions and talks about nutrition. It has really good advice and information. It teaches you how much to eat, what is best to eat and to make it fit into your lifestyle.
A group of high school senior girls decide they want to apply for a scholarship. There's only one problem -- in order to get it, they must be virgins. One of them starts a virginity club, but their plans go awry when they begin to meet interesting guys.
A native New York girl gets moved to Nashville when her father's job is relocated. To her, the new school is dull and weird until she meets Jack. She falls for him, but one little argument brings everything out of control when the families want to ditch the Confederate flag.
A girl who usually doesn't listen to her parents finds a reason to listen, but for the wrong reason. Along the way, there is her best friend who hardly ever shows up anymore and she meets a boy. She falls in love in the end.
This book informs teens about what stress is and how to deal with it.
Maggie and her family are constantly moving so she decides to do everything in her power to not become popular or make friends. She dresses and acts weird, but that only increases her popularity.
In this book, a girl goes through random events after discovering her sister is gay. She eventually confronts her sister about that.
After Kyle's younger brother commits suicide, Kyle decides to get revenge by burying Cass alive, since she is the person he thinks is responsible.
This book gives different stories for each topic and provides a detailed and simple explanation for the cause of anger.
This book gives suggestions on hot to beat stress. It includes scenarios and things you can do to help with stress.
High school senior and football player Ken sets out to enjoy himself after graduation, but when he attempts to comfort a friend, he ends up raping her.
This book answers questions asked by readers of CosmoGirl! magazine.
This book follows the week-long journey of Thomas Waminger, who is on a mission to find out about his Nazi grandfather. During his visit to Israel, something terribly shocking happens to him and others involved.
Addie, who has recently moved into downtown Schenectady, is trying to adjust to her new life. Her mother has a new business scheme and is back to her old ways of all-or-nothing. Will Addie be able to cope?
This book is about a girl, Sadie, who has to move from her old school and friends because her mom and dad are getting divorced. To make matters worse, her dad moves halfway across the country. She lives in a small apartment with her mother and sister who she calls "WS." When she moves, she makes a new friend and has a new boyfriend, but things go wrong.
This book answers many questions people have been dying to ask but haven't been able to. Although the info may have been a little graphic, it was good.
A girl writes a field guide to high school for her freshman sister.
Oksana, a 15-year-old girl, got tricked into being sold as a prostitute. Hope, another 15-year-old rich girl, got kidnapped by the traders. Hope tries to escape and becomes friends with Oksana in the process.
Ben Larson's mother has just died. As a result, Ben has to move in with his father, Lars. Shortly after starting as his new school, strange things begin happening to Ben.
Duane makes a journal of his experience going through puberty and the weird things he has during this time.
Evyn's father has just gotten remarried and she is having a hard time readjusting. Her new stepmother, Eleni, looks like Betty Boop and smiles too much. Her stepbrother is named after a cleaning product, and her twin stepsisters fight all the time. And then there's her older stepbrother, Linus, with his cute, curly hair and smile.
This is a collection of short stories about sexuality and dating.
Belle, a teenage girl, finds out her former boyfriend is gay. The book follows her through her discovery of new love, gets over it, and moves on.
Jeremiah and Ellie fall in love, but face the obstacle of racism. Despite public opinion, they try to stay together and make the relationship work.
This book lists things a high school student should do before they become a college student. The most valuable thing I learned from this was to be myself.
Logan was an awkward boy who had difficulty in social situations. After he witnesses an assault on his best friend and the girl he liked, Logan becomes more introverted and bullied. This book, written in Logan's own words, tells his story and how he overcame some of his problems.
Kaleigh has cancer and is at the hospital quite often, so she attends school via computer. When asked to do a science project using the scientific method, Kaleigh is not sure what to do, so she asks her "distant student buddies." One of them suggests she does the project on astrology because she seems very interested in it. Kaleigh then uses three distant study buddies who are Leos as guinea pigs. She collects their information on whether their daily horoscopes are true or not. However, everything they say is not always true.
Joseph, who is paralyzed from the waist down, has to deal with a new place and get used to being paralyzed. He also has to convince a little girl he isn't a superhero. Joseph has to help his friend with a family crisis. He also learns to open up about how he got paralyzed.
Kate is a teenage girl living with her widowed mother. Her mother is a strict believer in the Holy Divine Church. Kate's father was not, and read books such as To Kill a Mockingbird. After her father's death, Kate explores her religion, much against her mother's wishes.
Can I Change the Way I Look is an informative book about cosmetic surgery, makeovers and other body altering procedures that will change the way you look. The book talks about safe and unsafe ways to loose weight and build muscle.
Anna Bloom, a depressed teenage girl, is committed to a mental institution by her parents. Although she hates it at first, she soon finds that it's not so bad and even wants to stay there.
Linda's school starts an online chat room for its students. When Linda logs on, she becomes close to "Cyrano", but Cyrano may not be who Linda thinks he is at first.
Ryan's new teacher, Ms. Settles, has the affection of all the boys. Ms. Settles asks Ryan to help her move furniture. Over time, their relationship becomes more serious than a student and a teacher.
This book is about how not being cool can, in fact, be cool. It talks about how if you don't fit in, it's OK. It also tells what people define as cool.
This boy's mother has gone insane thinking people are lizards. She ruins her son's life when his Dad moves out, she uses drugs and gets a crazy boyfriend. Her son, Ben, gets to know a guy named Marco who tells him a bizarre story about him being from the future and Ben is trying to put it all together. The irony of this is Ben becomes insane as well.
Frankie is an underestimated girl who goes to Alabaster Private School. Her boyfriend is in a secret society and he constantly lies to her. She does what she has to do to get noticed.
