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Rat life
Tedd Arnold.
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199 p. ; 22 cm.
After developing an unusual friendship with a young Vietnam War veteran in 1972, fourteen-year-old Todd discovers his writing talent and solves a murder mystery.
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Ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool : a year in an American high school
Elisha Cooper.
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255 p. ; 19 cm.
Emily has big goals. Like leading her soccer team to States. Maya is the best actor in school. She doesn't have a boyfriend ... yet. Diana has big worries. Things are happening at home. Daniel is class president. Naturally, he's applying to Harvard. Anais just wants to dance. Anthony is failing almost everything, and then there's The Girl. Aisha is the only new student in her class, and the only Muslim. Zef can't stay awake in class - all this and prom -- a year in the life of a high school.
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Shift
Jennifer Bradbury.
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245 p. ; 22 cm.
When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.
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Skim
words by Mariko Tamaki ; drawings by Jillian Tamaki.
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141 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
"Skim" (Kimberly Keiko Cameron) is a not-slim would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When her classmate Katie is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. The popular clique stars a club to boost school spirit, but Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.
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Spin the bottle
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.
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239 p. ; 22 cm.
When aspiring actress Phoebe and her best friend, the brainy Harper, enter middle school, their friendship is briefly tested by Phoebe's admiration of some of the drama club students and the intensity of her first crush, but ultimately they find that their relationship can withstand the stresses of their expanding lives.
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Splat!
written by Eric Walters.
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110 p. ; 18 cm.
When Keegan and Alex are put in charge of organizing a tomato toss for a local festival, the event has some unexpected consequences.
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Stealing heaven
Elizabeth Scott.
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307 p. ; 19 cm.
Danielle and her mother have spent years traveling from town to town, making their living by selling items stolen from upscale homes. Dani must evaluate her past life and what she will do in the future when she begins to make friends in a new town.
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Suck it up
Brian Meehl.
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323 p. ; 22 cm.
After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.
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Sunrise over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers.
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290 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.
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The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom
Margarita Engle.
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169 p. ; 21 cm.
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
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That salty air
Tim Sievert.
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110 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Three little words : a memoir
Ashley Rhodes-Courter.
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304 p. : ill. ; cm.
Ashley spent nine years in foster care after being taken away from her mother. She endured many caseworkers, moving from school to school and manipulative, humiliating and abusive treatment from one foster family. See how she survives and eventually thrives against the odds.
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