Coraline / Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2278512

Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Filed under fantasy, fathers, mothers, mystery, friends, supernatural, horror, book of the day, summer reading by fplteenlib Added 06/25/2008

Out of the dust / Karen Hesse.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b1867342

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Filed under fathers, mothers, death, historical fiction, survival, book of the day, summer reading, poetry by fplteenlib Added 06/24/2008

The third witch : a novel / Rebecca Reisert.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2582033

Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent. — Fiction. Young women — Fiction. Witches — Fiction. Revenge — Fiction. Scotland — Fiction. Alternative histories (Fiction) Fantasy fiction.

Filed under fantasy, middle ages, runaways, family, book of the day, summer reading, alternative histories, disguise, scotland, shakespeare, witches by fplteenlib Added 06/20/2008

Surviving the Applewhites / Stephanie S. Tolan.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2217412

Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family’s Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.

Filed under family, self discovery, book of the day, summer reading, theater by fplteenlib Added 06/19/2008

The ear, the eye, and the arm / by Nancy Farmer.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2082691

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika’s three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

Filed under science fiction, prisoners, mystery, kidnapping, multicultural, adventure, environment, politics, family, futuristic, book of the day, journey, summer reading by fplteenlib Added 06/18/2008

10th grade : a novel / Joseph Weisberg.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2052302

“Jeremiah Reskin has big plans for tenth grade — he wants to make some friends and he wants to take a girl’s shirt off. It’snot going too well at first, but when he meets a group of bohemian outcasts, things start to change….”

Filed under school, girlfriends, friends, self discovery, book of the day, humor, summer reading by fplteenlib Added 06/18/2008

Indiana Jones omnibus / [ser...iana Schutz, Ryder Windham].

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2564828

Graphic novel omnibus of Indiana Jones’ adventures!

Filed under graphic novel, adventure, historical fiction, book of the day, movie by fplteenlib Added 05/31/2008

Hacking Harvard : a novel / by Robin Wasserman.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2517751

A bet to hack into Harvard Admissions and get a deadbeat high school student admitted to the esteemed university.

Filed under gamers, school, bookends, friends, computer geeks, money, college by fplteenlib Added 05/31/2008

Sure fire / Jack Higgins with Justin Richards.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2522152

Resentful of having to go and live with their estranged father after the death of their mother, fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, soon find they have more complicated problems when their father is kidnapped and their attempts to rescue him involve them in an extremely dangerous international plot to control the world’s oil.

Filed under england, fathers, prisoners, mystery, kidnapping, bookends, adventure, death, spies, politics, family, brothers, sisters by fplteenlib Added 05/31/2008

Hellboy : seed of destructio...rs by Matthew Hollingsworth.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2236627

“This volume collects issues one through four of the Dark Horse comic-book series, Hellboy : seed of destruction, and stories from San Diego Comic-Con comics #2 and the Comics buyer’s guide.”—T.p.

Filed under graphic novel, supernatural, horror, superheroes, book of the day, movie by fplteenlib Added 05/28/2008

Wuthering heights / Emily Brontë

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2159489

Heathcliff comes to the brooding mansion of Wuthering Heights as an orphan child. Cathy is the daughter of the wealthy family that takes him in. They fall in love but cannot be together, and yet they cannot stay apart.

Filed under england, orphans, love, historical fiction, book of the day, movie by fplteenlib Added 05/28/2008

Millions / Frank Cottrell Boyce.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2251315

After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it.

Filed under england, death, brothers, book of the day, movie, money by fplteenlib Added 05/28/2008

Iron Man : teen novelization...; based on the Marvel comic.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2574798

Billionaire Tony Stark is kidnapped in a foreign land and forced to help his enemies, will these days as Iron Man be his last?

Filed under science fiction, prisoners, adventure, computer geeks, superheroes, book of the day, movie by fplteenlib Added 05/28/2008

Little brother / Cory Doctorow.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2576796

After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Filed under fathers, gamers, school, kidnapping, bookends, girlfriends, death, friends, politics, computer geeks, book of the day, email, terrorism by fplteenlib Added 05/28/2008

The sisterhood of the traveling pants / Ann Brashares.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2043973

Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants.

Filed under friends, self discovery, book of the day, movie, vacation by fplteenlib Added 05/28/2008

The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy / Douglas Adams.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2317592

After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space.

Filed under science fiction, other planets, adventure, book of the day, humor, journey, movie by fplteenlib Added 05/14/2008

You know where to find me / Rachel Cohn.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2550911

In the wake of her cousin’s suicide, overweight and introverted seventeen-year-old Miles experiences significant changes in her relationships with her mother and father, her best friend Jamal and his family, and her cousin’s father, while gaining insights about herself, both positive and negative.

Filed under friends, family, self discovery, suicide, drug abuse by fplteenlib Added 05/12/2008

Confessions of a teenage drama queen / Dyan Sheldon.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b1901458

In her first year at a suburban New Jersy high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself “Lola,” sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.

Filed under school, friends, self discovery, book of the day, new york city, movie by fplteenlib Added 05/12/2008

The boy next door / Meggin Cabot.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2398935

Gossip columnist and single New York City girl Mellives lives in the most exciting place in the world, yet she’s bored with her love life. But things get interesting fast when the old lady next door is nearly murdered. Mel starts paying closer attention to her neighbors—what exactly is going on with the cute boy next door? Has Mel found the love of her life—or a killer?

Filed under mystery, bookends, girlfriends, friends, love, boyfriends, brothers, humor, email, new york city by fplteenlib Added 05/10/2008

Garden spells.

http://library.minlib.net/record=b2569536

A tree that tosses charmed apples, the herbs and flowers that have mysterious qualities growing in the same garden, an enchanted family of sisters and daughters and aunts and grandmothers, a prodigal sister returning home after running away from her abusive boyfriend, and a handsome new neighbour next door ferociously attracted to the other sister — a recipe for a magical tale (think Practical Magic)

Filed under mothers, magic, bookends, runaways, fairy tale, love, family, boyfriends, self discovery, sisters by fplteenlib Added 05/10/2008