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Sixteen year old Diego is a self proclaimed math nerd dating the girl of his dreams. That is until his insecurities causes her to break up with him. In order to win her back, he and his best friend come up with an alter ego named Dr. Truelove. Dr. Truelove is the total opposite of Diego, offering love advice to those unlucky in love. Will Dr. Truelove be the key to winning his love back?
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The Making of Dr. Truelove
Recommended for Grades 9 and up.
Miss. Michelle
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This booklist contains titles for boys in Grades 7-12.
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Fifteen year old Tyrell just wants to live a normal teenage life. Unfortunately with his father being in jail and his mother unemployed, he is forced to be the man of the family. He, his mother, and his six year old brother are living in a shelter after being evicted from their apartment. They hardly have enough money to buy food everyday and are basically living out of black plastic bags. The one good thing Tyrell has going in his life is his smart girlfriend Novisha. Tyrell is determined to make enough money to get his mother and brother out of the roach infested shelter so he throws a party using his father's dj equipment to play music. With the help of Jasmine, a girl from the shelter that Tyrell becomes very close with, he promotes his party to kids across the Bronx. To find out if Tyrell makes enough money to move his family out of the shelter, read Tyrell by Coe Booth.
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Tyrell
Recommended for students in Grades 9-12.
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Fifteen year old Carlos is the only one of his friends that hasn't even so much as kissed a girl yet. He has a major crush on Roxy a cute classmate of his, but everytime he gets near her he gets extremely nervous. His mind goes blank and beads of sweat start to make their way down his back. Carlos wants to get Roxy to notice him and become his girlfriend. To make this happen he secretly enlists the help of Sal, a gay classmate of his. Sal gives Carlos a complete makeover from the way he dresses to how he eats. In exchange for this Carlos has to help Sal organize a gay-straight alliance in their high school. Carlos gets the girl but ends up losing a good friend and then losing the girl. To find out what exactly happens during Carlos' transformation and to have a couple of laughs, read Getting It by Alex Sanchez.
Recommended for Grades 9-12.
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Getting It
Ms. Michelle
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It is the middle of the night and Garrett is handcuffed and riding in the back seat of a car going to where, he has no idea. All he knows is that the people who took him are named Rebecca and Harry and they are somewhere in upstate New York. They arrive at a place called Lake Harmony and Garrett quickly learns that this is a place where parents can send their hard to handle children to be straightened out. But Garrett's a good kid, he gets straight A's, why would his parent's send him to Lake Harmony. Could it be because he was dating an older woman who also happened to be his math teacher, or that he's cut school a few times. All Garrett knows is that Lake Harmony uses physical and mental abuse tactics to straighten out their so called troubled teens and their not allowed any contact with the outside world. When Garrett hears whispers about a groups plan to escape, he decides to take his chances with them. To find out if Garrett successfully escapes Lake Harmony read Boot Camp by Todd Strasser.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob-knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Meyer, S (2007). Eclipse. Little, Brown and Company: New York.

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The Super Bowl. America's biggest sports spectacle. More than ninety-five million fans will be watching. But Steve Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson know that what they'll be watching is a lie. THey know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams have failed their doping tests and shouldn't be allowed to play. They know that the Dreams' owner is trying to cover up the test results until after the game. They know that they are sitting on the biggest sports scandal of the decade. What they don't know-yet-is how to prove it. To find out if they do, read Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl

Feinstein, J. (2007). Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl. Alfred A. Knopf: New York.

The year is 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Intergration of schools has been made legal by federal lawmakers but the schools in Little Rock have yet to be intergrated. Sylvia is looking forward to attending all black Horace Mann High School next year where she'll be able to attend basketball games, join the cheerleading squad, and attend school dances. Everything changes when the Little Rock school board decides to allow a select few black students attend all white Central High School in the upcoming school year. Slyvia's name is on the list and if selected she has to decide whether she wants to attend Central High where she will not be allowed to participate in any extracurricular activities or attend Mann where she will be among the friends she's had since elementary school.

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Marcus and Eddie, known as Black and White to their friends, are best friends living in Long Island City Queens. They are stars of their High School basketball team and being scouted by the best schools in the area. Everything is going great for them except they wished they had more money. Black lives in the projects and White lives in a house right outside of the projects. They need money for their upcoming Senior dues and just to keep up with the latest fashion out. At first they saved money the good old way by saving their allowance but that took to long and wasn't enough. Like many people Black and White wanted to get rich quick so they decided to start sticking people up. White took a gun that belonged to his deceased grandfather and the boys used that to rob people. Everything seemed to be going good for the boys until one night a robbery went wrong. Somehow White pulled the trigger on the gun and the man they were robbing got shot. Neither one of the boys knew if the man died until the night of a big game when Black was arrested. The man that White shot had identified Black as one of the robbers. Black kept his mouth shut and refused to give White up but eventually the cops got him too and he was arrested. Black and White's great lives of playing college ball and then going pro are being pulled out from under them fast. To find out what happens to Black and White read Black and White by Paul Volponi.
Ms. Michelle
Librarian

Diamonds in the Shadow
Caroline B. Cooney
The Finches a Connecticut family, sponser an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.

Taken
Edward Bloor
In 2036 kindnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen year old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this kidnapping is not what it seems.

"Once you've been taken, you usually have twenty-four hours left to live. By my reckoning, that meant I had about twelve hours remaining."
Bloor, E. (2007). Taken. Alfred A. Knopf: New York.

Girlology: A Girl's Guide to Stuff that Matters
By. Melisa Holmes, M.D. and Trish Hutchison, M.D.
In this book the authors are discussing everything from friendships to boys to family life.

Middle School: The Real Deal
By. Juliana Farrell and Beth Mayall
"From cliques to class schedules, electives to extra credit, cafeteria food to combination locks, you'll find everything you need to know right here."

The Diet for Teenagers Only
By. Carrie Wiatt and Barbara Schroeder
Learn some tips for healthy dieting for teens.

Extras by Scott Westerfeld
Fifteen year old Aya is a nobody, an extra. She's desparate to escape "extra-land" but her only chance is to find a big story, something "wild and unexpected". Aya meets a clique of girls who have a secret so big it may "change the face of the brave new world forever". Could this be the break to get her out of the land of extras?
Ms. Michelle

Lessons from a dead girl
By. Jo Knowles
Leah is dead and Laine isn't broken up about it. Laine hated Leah. Leah forced Laine to do things she didn't want to do. Things she knew other girls didn't do. Now that Leah is gone Laine is left wondering why Leah chose her and dealing with the painful memories.

Game
By. Walter Dean Myers
Drew is the star of his basketball team. That is until the new kid comes along and steals all the attention. Drew tries not to let this get to him because he needs basketball to get to college. He doesn't want to loose this opportunity like he's seen other great players before him do.

Rhymes with Witches
By. Lauren Myracle
Invisible Jane is suddenly beginning to be noticed by the group of girls who are her schools "royalty". This is the break that Jane has been waiting for, or so she thinks. Can Jane handle the price they ask for popularity?

Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan

YA PB HOR Duncan

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

PB Fic Matheson

Bloodline: a novel by Kate Cary

YA HOR Cary

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Series)

YA PB Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Cirque du freak (Series) by Darren Shan

YA PB Series Cirque du freak

The Restless Dead: ten original stories of the supernatural

YA SS Restless

It's lunch time and Adam is having lunch with Zoe in the hallway at school. He's finally gotten the nerve up to make a move and kiss her when the alarm bell goes off and the teacher's run into the hallway yelling "LOCKDOWN". Someone's in the school with a gun and everyone is scrambling to get into the classrooms and lock the doors. Adam and Zoe try to make their way out of the building but the crowd of students is too thick to get through. So they try and make a dash for one of the classrooms but one by one doors are slamming in their faces. Until they find themselves alone in the hallway with nowhere to hide from the gunman. The only place they can find to hide is in the boys bathroom. There they hide with two other students in one bathroom stall until they hear the door open and the sound of a gun clicking. Will Adam and Zoe make it out alive? Who is the gunman? To find out read Lockdown by Diane Tullson. Check the catalog to see if it's in. Lockdown

Ryan is a typical freshman. He attends school events such as football games, he hangs out with his friends, and like most teen boys he has a crush on the hot new teacher. Ryan was happy with his daydreams of dating an older woman as gorgeous as his teacher. Never in a million years did he imagine that his teacher would want to date him. It started off with Ryan doing extra credit assignments for Lori, his teacher. Then Lori made her move, she invited Ryan to her apartment to help her move furniture. From there it went to secret meetings at a coffee shop. From there Ryan and Lori's relationship begins to move way beyond a student teacher relationship.

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Miss. Michelle
YA Librarian