Read Up! 9/10
Terrific Titles for Teens, grades 9-10

Speak
Anderson, Laurie Halse (YA ANDERSON)
Everyone blames Melinda, but no one knows the truth about that night.

Feed
Anderson, M.T. (YA ANDERSON)
"We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck."

The Book of Fred
Bardi, Abby (YA BARDI)
Mary Fred's life turns upside down when her parents are arrested for murder & she's forced to leave her fundamentalist cult & live with "Lackers."

Tithe: A Modern Fairy Tale
Black, Holly (YA BLACK)
It's bad enough that Kaye sees fairies. Now she finds out she might actually be one.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Brashares, Ann (YA BRASHARES)
4 friends. A pair of magical pants. An unforgettable summer.

Smack
Burgess, Melvin (YA BURGESS)
Gemma & Tar leave home looking for freedom...and find themselves giving it all up for smack.

Queen of Everything
Caletti, Deb (YA CALETTI)
"Nothing like that happens to people like me....I mean imagine it. Your father. Your FATHER.

Ender's Game
Card, Orson Scott (YA CARD)
One boy will decide the fate of the world.

The Girl with the Pearl Earring
Chevalier, Tracy (YA CHEVALIER)
Griet's life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius...even as she herself is immortalized in canvas & oil.

Utopia
Child, Lincoln (YA CHILD)
The ultimate theme park becomes the ultimate terror when everyone inside is at the mercy of deadly criminals.

Gingerbread
Cohn, Rachel (YA COHN)
"I will be as wild as I wanna be."

Timeline
Crichton, Michael (YA CRICHTON)
When you step into a time machine and "fax" yourself into 1300s feudal France on a rescue mission, be very, very afraid!

Whale Talk
Crutcher, Chris (YA CRUTCHER)
T.J. is determined to shake up his town & its presumptions by creating a winning swim team from a bunch of "losers."

How to Deal
Dessen, Sarah (YA DESSEN)
Just when you think you've got everything figured out, families change. Lives end. And love sneaks up when you least expect it.

House of the Scorpion
Farmer, Nancy (YA FARMER)
Matt is proud to belong to El Patron & thankful he's not an "eejit"...until he discovers the reason that he exists.

Breaking Point
Flinn, Alex (YA FLINN)
How far would you go to fit in?

Troy
Geras, Adele (YA GERAS)
You think you have it bad now? Wait 'til you have gods messing with your life!

Shattering Glass
Giles, Gail (YA GILES)
"Simon Glass was easy to hate....really we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn't realize it until the day we killed him."

Fat Kid Rules the World
Going, K.L. (YA GOING)
Curt saves Troy's life, so Troy has to be in Curt's band. But: Troy can't play the drums. And his father thinks Curt's a drug addict. And his brother thinks Troy's a loser. But with Curt, anything is possible.

Born Confused
Hidier, Tanua (YA HIDIER)
Why does Dimple's blonde best friend seem more Indian than she herself is? And why has the "suitable boy" her parents picked for her suddenly become interesting--just when her best friend has fallen for him?

Assassin's Apprentice
Hobb, Robin (YA HOBB)
Fitz, bastard son of the king, must live life as an outcast at court, while secretly being tutored in the arts of the assassin.

Out of Order
Jenkins, A.M (YA JENKINS)
Girlfriend. Baseball. The only two reasons Colt's still in school. Now they've both been taken away.

First Part Last
Johnson, Angela (YA JOHNSON)
Everyone's telling Bobby the best thing to do is give up his baby. So why does it feel like the absolutely worst thing?

Blood and Chocolate
Klause, Annette Curtis (YA KLAUSE)
Vivian loves what she is. But could a Meatboy love her true self?

Stoner and Spaz
Koertge, Ron (YA KOERTGE)
He's Brooks Brothers, she's Salvation Army. He's never even smoked a cig, she's got 20 different chemicals running through her veins. But when these two lonely teens meet one night at Ben's favorite hang, sparks fly. At least for Ben they do.

Son of the Mob
Korman, Gordon (YA KORMAN)
A girl in your backseat & a body in the trunk. What could be better?

Where the Heart Is
Letts, Billie (YA LETTS)
Talk about unlucky sevens. 17-year-old, 7 months pregnant Novalee was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she's stranded at Wal-Mart in Oklahoma with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small town.

Boy Meets Boy
Levithan, David (YA LEVITHAN)
Paul has met THE guy for him. But, then his ex--who dumped him to date girls--has decided he wants Paul back. Now what?

Warchild
Lowachee, Karin (YA LOWACHEE)
Which is worse: being a slave to your own kind, or a spy for the enemy?

Daughter of the Forest
Marillier, Juliet (YA MARILLIER)
Sorcha can save her cursed brothers--but only through intense suffering and complete silence. Is it worth it?

Life of Pi
Martel, Yan (YA MARTEL)
After a tragic accident, Pi is stuck in a lifeboat for seven months--his only companion is a hungry Bengal tiger.

Acceleration
McNamee, Graham (YA MCNAMEE)
What would you do if you knew a serial killer was stalking his prey in the subway--and no one believed you?

Aimee
Miller, Mary Beth (YA MILLER)
Did Zoe help her best friend commit suicide?

The Insiders
Minter, J. (YA MINTER)
A captivating, scandalous look into the privileged & turbulent world of five guys living in Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods.

Shooter
Myers, Walter Dean (YA MYERS)
"I have bought a gaw-juss weapon. It lies beneath my bed like a secret lover, quiet, powerful, waiting to work my magic."

The New Rules of High School
Nelson, Blake (YA NELSON)
"I had thought there was a lot of freedom being a good student, being trusted, being given special privileges, but that was nothing compared to the freedom I felt now. Once people gave up on you, once people wrote you off, now that was freedom."

Sabriel
Nix, Garth (YA NIX)
To save her father--and her kingdom--Sabriel must travel into death.

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
Oates, Joyce Carol (YA OATES)
When Matt opens his mouth & makes a joke that tags him as a terrorist, only Ugly Girl will come to his defense.

Scribbler of Dreams
Pearson, Mary (YA PEARSON)
What do you do when your family hates the family of the guy you love...And your father's in jail for murdering his father?

What Happened to Lani Garver
Plum-Ucci, Carol (YA PLUM-UCCI)
Lani Garver helps Claire get control of her life at the risk of his own.

Slumming
Randle, Kristin (YA RANDLE)
Nikki, Sam & Alicia decide to spend their senior year transforming 3 "untapped" classmates into successful people. Harmless, right?

Empress of the World
Ryan, Sara (YA RYAN)
What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart?

The Lovely Bones
Sebold, Alice (FIC SEBOLD)
"I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."

The Gospel According to Larry
Tashjian, Janet (YA TASHJIAN)
Can one guy change the world...and get the girl?

Rats Saw God
Thomas, Rob (YA THOMAS)
Where did Steve's life go wrong? His father? His girlfriend? He has 100 pages to find out & fix it--or he won't graduate.

Inside Out
Trueman, Terry (YA TRUEMAN)
A robbery goes wrong & two nervous gunmen & several hostages are stuck in a coffee shop. And Zach. Nobody realizes that Zach--who has no gun, no knife--has a mind more dangerous than any weapon.

Gossip Girl
Von Ziegesar, Cecily (YA VON ZIEGESAR)
Get the inside scoop about privileged teens with too much money & access to all those things that get them into lots of trouble.

The Color Purple
Walker, Alice (YA WALKER)
Celie has nothing going for her--except her own determination. Is it enough?

Double Helix
Werlin, Nancy (YA WERLIN)
Eli has lucked into a job at Wyatt Transgenics. It's almost too good to be true...until he begins uncovering some disconcerting truths about himself...and his family.

Like Sisters on the Homefront
Williams-Garcia, Rita (YA WILLIAMS)
When Gayle gets pregnant--twice--her mom sends her from their urban streets to a mansion in the South.

Hard Love
Wittlinger, Ellen (YA WITTLINGER)
Boy meets "rich spoiled lesbian private-school gifted-and-talented writer virgin" & falls in love.

Briar Rose
Yolen, Jane (YA YOLEN)
Rebecca's grandmother claims she's Sleeping Beauty--but instead of princes & castles, she tells about Nazis & death camps.

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