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Han, Jenny. The Summer I Turned Pretty. 2009. (YA Fiction Han.J)Cover Art
Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
Headley, Justina Chen. North Of Beautiful. 2009. (YA Fiction Headl.J)Cover Art
Terra, a sensitive, artistic high school senior born with a facial port-wine stain, struggles with issues of inner and outer beauty with the help of her Goth classmate Jacob.
Johnson, Maureen.Girl At Sea. 2007. (YA Fiction Johns.M)Cover Art
High-school junior Clio Ford reluctantly gives up her dream job and a potential first kiss to take a working vacation with her estranged father on a yacht in Italy.
Johnson, Maureen.The Key To The Golden Firebird. 2004. (YA Fiction Johns.M)Cover Art
As three teenaged sisters struggle to cope with their father's sudden death, they find they must reexamine friendships, lifelong dreams, and their relationships with each other and their father.
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History Of Frankie Landau-Banks : A Novel. 2008. (YA Fiction Lockh.E)Cover Art
Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
MacCullough, Carolyn. Falling Through Darkness. 2003. (YA Fiction Maccu.C)Cover Art
Seventeen-year-old Ginny unexpectedly gets help from her father's new tenant while struggling to cope with her guilt and confusion over the death of her daredevil boyfriend.
Mackler, Carolyn.Vegan Virgin Valentine. 2004. (YA Fiction Mackl.C)Cover Art
Mara's niece, who is only one-year-younger, moves in bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities.
Marchetta, Melina.Saving Francesca. 2003. (YA Fiction March.M)Cover Art
Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
McCafferty, Megan.Sloppy Firsts : A Novel. 2001. (YA Fiction Mccaf.M)Cover Art
Devastated when her best friend moves away, sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling feels isolated at school and at home, as she struggles to deal with her father's obsession with her track meets, her boy-crazy peers, and her own nonexistent love life.
McGhee, Alison.All Rivers Flow To The Sea. 2005. (YA Fiction Mcghe.A)Cover Art
After a car accident in the Adirondacks leaves her older sister Ivy brain-dead, seventeen-year-old Rose struggles with her grief and guilt as she slowly learns to let her sister go.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen : A Novel. 2006. (YA Fiction Murdo.C)Cover Art
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.


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