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Buddha Boy
written by Kathe Koja

Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.

The Girls
written by Amy Goldman Koss

Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group is exerting on them.

Edward's Eyes
written by Patricia Maclachlan

Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient.

Checkers
written by John Marsden

Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father's unethical business dealings.

Achingly Alice
written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Thirteen-year-old Alice sets long- and short-term priorities for her life as she experiences the complexities of young love.

Mick Harte Was Here
written by Barbara Park

Phoebe recalls her younger brother Mick and his death in a bicycle accident.

The Graduation of Jake Moon
written by Barbara Park

Fourteen-year-old Jake recalls how he has spent the last four years of his life watching his grandfather descend slowly but surely into the horrors of Alzheimer's disease.

Doing Time Online
written by Jan Siebold

After he is involved in a prank that led to an elderly woman's injury, twelve-year-old Mitchell must make amends by participating in a police program in which he chats online with a nursing home resident

Close Call
written by Todd Strasser

A group of fifth and sixth graders find ways to deal with personal problems, family problems and rock throwing high school boys.

The Trap
written by Marc Talbert

Avenging her cat's death, Ellie learns the hard lesson between life, death, and nature's way.

Stuck in Neutral
written by Terry Trutman

Fourteen-year old Shawn McDaniel thinks his father may be planning to kill him.

Juice
written by Eric Walters

High school student Michael is torn when he is told to use steroids during his football season. He thinks it is cheating but is told he should use the steroids in order to compete against other teams whose players use the "juice" too.

Regular Guy
written by Sarah Weeks

Because he is so different from his eccentric parents, twelve-year-old Guy is convinced he has been switched at birth with a classmate whose parents seem more normal.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
written by Jeff Kinney

Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

The Monster's Ring
written by Bruce Coville

A timid boy, eager to frighten the school bully on halloween, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a monster.

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill
written by Gail Carson Levine

A lonely young farm boy uses his inventive talent to pass an impossible task and win the hand of the neighborhood princess.

Ghost at the Window
written by Margaret McAllister

Ewan and his parents love the isolated Scottish house they have moved to, but it slips in and out of different times, and Ewan finds he must help a young girl trapped by these time shifts and stuck between life and death.

The Magic Circle
written by Donna Jo Napoli

A witch's unwilling descent into evil and her ultimate redemption when Hansel and Gretel visit her candy-bedecked house.

Child of the May
written by Theresa Tomlinson

Fifteen-year-old Magda helps Robin Hood's men rescue Lady Matilda and her daughter Isabelle from the clutches of the Sheriff of Nothingham's evil henchman.

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