AFTER THE WRECK, I PICKED MYSELF UP, SPREAD MY WINGS AND FLEW AWAY -- Joyce Carol Oates

Fifteen-year old Jenna blames herself for her mother's death and tries to recover.

THE BONEMENDER -- Holly Bennett

Gabrielle is a gifted Healer from the royal Verdeau family. A very handsome elf named Feolan arrives at her castle seeking help for his friend and bringing news of invaders.

CATCH: A NOVEL -- Will Leitch

Tim Temples is having a stressful summer before college. He works, plays hard and falls in love. As the weeks pass, he evaluates his new relationship’s longevity.

CRANK -- Ellen Hopkins

Kristina is the perfect daughter until she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs.

DAIRY QUEEN: A NOVEL -- Catherine Murdock

Sixteen-year old D.J. decides to try out for her school's football team, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.

THE GIRLS -- Lori Lansens

Rose and Ruby Darlen are conjoined twins who share a skull bone. In their individual words, they reveal their extraordinary lives.

HAWKSONG -- Amelia Atwater Rhodes

Part hawk and part human, Danica Shardae is tired of war and hopes to achieve peace. Can she trust Zane, her rival nation's leader when he announces a truce?

I AM THE MESSENGER -- Markus Zusak

After catching a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed starts getting mysterious messages from people who need help.

IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY -- Ned Vizzini

Can a teenager overcome his depression by spending time in a psych ward? Read the humorous account of his stay at the hospital.

JENNIFER GOVERNMENT: A NOVEL -- Max Barry

Corporations rule the world in this thrilling science fiction story. Meet Hack Nike whose employer wants him to shoot teenagers. What can he do?

THE LIGHTNING THIEF -- Rick Riordan

Percy thinks he’s a loser, but then learns he is the son of the great Poseidon. A deadly monster, satyr and gods enter his present day world and challenge his existence.

LOOKING FOR ALASKA -- John Green

A fatal car crash sends sixteen-year-old Miles on an emotional ride during his stay at an Alabama Prep School.

A NORTHERN LIGHT -- Jennifer Donnelly

Mattie works at a resort to save for college. It’s 1906 in the beautiful Adirondacks until her friend’s body is found. Real events of this crime and historic time are vividly described.

PEEPS: A NOVEL -- Scott Westerfield

Cal Thompson learns he carries a vampire-causing parasite. Can he hunt down all of the girlfriends he has infected?

RAIDERS NIGHT -- Robert Lipsyte

The Nearmont High School football season looks promising. A preseason camp ritual goes places it never should. Will the team compromise their entire season and ruin any chances they might have in college and the pros? (Source: HarperTeen)

SOLD -- Patricia McCormick

Thirteen-year old Lakshmi leaves her poor Nepal mountain home thinking she is to work in the city as a maid. When she arrives, she finds she has been sold into the sex slave trade with no hope of escape.

SUCH A PRETTY GIRL -- Laura Wiess

15-year old Meredith’s security is shattered when her father is released from prison for good behavior. She is haunted by her past, but finds support from her paraplegic friend Andy. (Source: Booklist)

TAKEN -- Holly Black

Kate Bickford's young son vanishes. Racing home hoping to find him, she meets his abductor. She must follow 'the Method' or suffer gruesome consequences.

THE TENTH CIRCLE -- Jodi Picoult

Daniel Stone, a comic book writer lives a quiet life in Maine, with his college-professor wife, Laura, and his 14-year-old daughter, Trixie. One night Trixie's ex-boyfriend, Jason, hurts her at a party. Her friends turn against her and her family's life begins to unravel.

THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE - ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME -- Greg Mortenson

After a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, the author drifts into an impoverished Pakistan village and experiences an extraordinary outcome.

THE WARRIOR HEIR -- Cinda Williams Chima

Jack Swift has always had a normal life in the small college town of Trinity, Ohio. The only difference between the 16-year-old and his fellow classmates is the star-shaped scar on his chest and his family's magical past. After discovering his own warrior powers, he takes a trip to fight enemy wizards.

WHAT HAPPENED TO CASS MCBRIDE? -- Gail Giles

After his younger brogher commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to get revenge from the person he holds responsible.