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TOKEN OF DARKNESS
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Cooper Blake awakens after a serious car accident to find he is accompanied by a young woman from the spirit world who only he can see, and with the help of two loners from his school, Cooper begins to come to terms with his new reality. Recommended for grades 7 and up.

THE RIVER
by Mary Jane Beaufrand
Veronica Severance feels cut off from the world. Forced to move from the city to rural Oregon with her parents, she is haunted by loneliness and by the chilling sounds of the Santiam, the river that runs through her backyard. Through the fog of isolation, Ronnie finds herself becoming close with Karen, a young girl who she babysits. But when she discovers Karen's body on the banks of the Santiam, the victim of a supposed accident, Ronnie feels compelled to uncover the truth. As she becomes increasingly obsessed with solving Karen's death, Ronnie is led deeper and deeper into the woods surrounding the river and to the dark secret hidden within its midst. Recommended for grades 8-10.

THE LIFE OF GLASS
by Jillian Cantor
Before he died, Melissa's father told her about stars. He told her that the brightest stars weren't always the most beautiful — that if people took the time to look at the smaller stars they would find real beauty. But even though Melissa knows that beauty isn't only skin deep, the people around her don't seem to feel that way. There's her gorgeous sister, Ashley, who will barely acknowledge Melissa at school; there's her best friend, Ryan, who may be falling in love with the sophisticated Courtney; and there's Melissa's mother, who's dating someone new.

To make sure she doesn't lose her father completely, Melissa spends her time trying to piece together the last of his secrets and finishing a journal he began. But when tragedy strikes, Melissa has to start living and loving in the present as she realizes that being beautiful on the outside doesn't mean you can't be beautiful on the inside. Recommended for grades 7 and up.

HEIST SOCIETY
by Ally Carter
Fifteen-year-old Kat schemes her way into the best boarding school, hoping to leave the thieving antics of her family behind her, but Hal, a former co-conspirator, appears on campus to tell Kat that a powerful mobster believes her father stole art from a priceless collection, and in order to save him, Kat will have to recover the paintings. Recommended for grades 6-10.

SWEET LITTLE LIES: AN L.A. CANDY NOVEL
by Lauren Conrad
Now a reality show celebrity, nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts learns that not all of her new friends are trustworthy. Recommended for grades 9 and up.
Sequel to L.A. Candy.

THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN
by Josh Berk
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class. Recommended for grades 8 and up.

IN A HEARTBEAT
by Loretta Ellsworth
Told in their separate voices, Eagan, who has died in a figure skating accident, becomes a heart donor for Amelia, who then begins taking on some aspects of Eagan's personality. Recommended for grades 6 and up.

AFTER
by Kristin Harmel
When her father is killed in a car accident, Lacey feels responsible, so when she is given a chance to make a difference in the lives of some of her fellow students, she jumps at the chance. Recommended for grades 7-10.

THE DRAKE CHRONICLES BOOK 1: HEARTS AT STAKE
by Alyxandra Harvey
As her momentous sixteenth birthday approaches, Solange Drake, the only female vampire born in 900 years, is protected by her large family of brothers and her human best friend Lucy from increasingly persistent attempts on her life by the powerful vampire queen and her followers. Recommended for grades 8-10.

ASHES
by Kathryn Lasky
In 1932 Berlin, thirteen-year-old Gaby Schramm witnesses the beginning of Hitler's rise to power, as soldiers become ubiquitous, her beloved literature teacher starts wearing a jeweled swastika pin, and the family's dear friend, Albert Einstein, leaves the country while Gaby's parents secretly bury his books and papers in their small yard. Recommended for grades 6-10.

MY BOYFRIENDS’ DOGS
by Dandi Daley Mackall
Bailey Daley is soaking wet and wearing a prom dress when she walks into an after-hours diner in St. Louis with three dogs in tow – Adam, Eve and Shirley – and recounts how each of the dogs is the fruit of a failed relationship. Recommended for grades 9 and up.

GONE
by Lisa McMann
While eighteen-year-old Janie ponders her future with Cabe, knowing that her being a dream-catcher means eventual blindness and crippling, she encounters her past as the father she never knew is hospitalized with brain trauma and seems to need her help. Recommended for grades 9 and up.
Sequel to Wake and Fade.

LOCKDOWN
by Walter Dean Myers
Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past. Recommended for grades 9 and up.

TIME YOU LET ME IN: 25 POETS UNDER 25
selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
Ranging in style and subject, but all already high-caliber in their artistry, these young voices speak the thoughts, hopes and concerns of their generation. Recommended for grades 9 and up.

AFTER EVER AFTER
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Jeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen who's in remission, but life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and "find himself." Jeffrey has a little soul searching to do, too, which begins with his escalating anger at Steven, an old friend who is keeping something secret, and a girl who is way out of his league but who thinks he's cute. Recommended for grades 6-9.

NOTHING
by Janne Teller
Pierre Anthon decides that there is no meaning to life, leaves the classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. His friends and classmates cannot get him to come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to him that there is a meaning to life, they set out to build a heap of meaning in an abandoned sawmill. But it soon becomes obvious that each person cannot give up what is most meaningful, so they begin to decide for one another what the others must give up. As each demand becomes more extreme, things start taking a very morbid twist, and the kids become ever more desperate to get Pierre down. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile is not meaningful enough? Recommended for grades 7 and up.

A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL
by Kristin Walker
When the principal of her high school announces that every senior must participate in a year-long marriage education program, Fiona learns some unexpected lessons about people, friendship, crushes and cheerleading. Recommended for grades 8 and up.

NUM8ERS
by Rachel Ward
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned. Recommended for grades 8 and up.

GOLDSTRIKE
by Matt Whyman
After escaping Camp Twilight, eighteen-year-old Carl Hobbes and Beth, his girlfriend, begin a new life in London, England, where he attempts to program Sphynx Cargo's highly intelligent supercomputer to help protect them from the Cia and assassins. Recommended for grades 6-9.
Sequel to Icecore.

A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
by Brenda Woods
Nine Los Angeles high school students use a creative writing class assignment to shed light on their own lives. Recommended for grades 7-9.