Creech, Sharon.  Chasing Redbird.  Y PB C  //  Y FIC Creech
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.

Ferris, Jean.  Bad.  Y FIC Ferris
In an attempt to please her friends, sixteen-year-old Dallas goes along with their plan to rob a convenience store and when her father refuses to allow her to come home, she is sentenced to six months in the Girls' Rehabilitation Center.

Filipovic, Zlata.  Zlata's Diary : A Child's Life in Sarajevo.   YPB F / YB Filipovic (Adult Section)
In September 1991, shortly before war broke out on the streets of Sarajevo, 11-year-old Zlata Filipovic began to keep a diary. In a voice both innocent and wise, she wrote of the horrors of war--the deaths of friends, a shortage of food, and days spent in fear--and issued a compelling plea for peace that has moved parents and children, and will continue to awaken the conscience of the world.

Gantos, Jack.  Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.  Y FIC Gantos // Y PB G  //  LT Y FIC Gantos
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.  Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey.  YPB H
In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in her life when her abusive father returns home after a two-year absence.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Running Out of Time. Y FIC Haddix / Y PB H
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

Hicyilmaz, Gaye.  Against the Storm.  Y FIC Hicyilmaz
Twelve-year-old Mehmet's move from his Turkish village with flowers everywhere to a shanty-town existence in the city of Ankara brings him almost unbearable misery, but his desire to create a life for himself helps him to survive.

Kerr, M. E.  Linger.  Y FIC Kerr
When his older brother suddenly joins the army and is sent to the Persian Gulf, sixteen-year-old Gary begins to take a new look at the restaurant that has been the focal point of his family and their small Pennsylvania town.

Klass, David.  Danger Zone.  Y FIC Klass
When he joins a predominantly black "Teen Dream Team" that will be representing the United States in an international basketball tournament in Rome, Jimmy Doyle makes some unexpected discoveries about prejudice, racism, and politics.

Mead, Alice. Soldier Mom.  J Fic Mead
Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her mother's boyfriend.

Mead, Alice.  Adem's Cross.  YPB M
Seeing his sister being shot to death for reading a poem at a demonstration against Serbian control of largely Albanian Kosovo changes forever the life of thirteen-year-old Adem.

Moore, Martha.  Angels on the Roof.  Y FIC Moore
During a trip to her childhood home in Texas, a mother tries to prevent her teenage daughter from finding out the truth about her father.

Qualey, Marsha.  Hometown.  Y FIC Qualey / YPB Q
Just before the 1991 Gulf War begins, sixteen-year-old Border Baker moves to a small town with his father, a Vietnam War draft resister.

Soto, Gary.  Buried Onions.  Y FIC Soto
When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.

Southgate, Martha.  Another Way to Dance.  Y FIC Southgate
While spending the summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City, fourteen-year-old Vicki must come to terms with the reality of her parents' divorce, her crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the impact of being an African American on her future as a dancer.

Yolen, Jane. Armageddon Summer. Y FIC Yolen
Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe.

9/3/04