2008 Quick Picks for Young Adult Readers

QUAKING
by Kathryn Erskine
In a Pennsylvania town where anti-war sentiments are treated with contempt and violence, Matt, a fourteen-year-old girl living with a Quaker family, deals with the demons of her past as she battles bullies of the present.

THIN
by Lauren Greenfield
A groundbreaking photographic exploration of eating disorders. The official companion to Greenfield's HBO documentary film.

GRAFFITI L.A.: STREET STYLES AND ART
by Steve Grody
A comprehensive and visual history of graffiti in Los Angeles. Prolific and infamous writers provide insight into the lives of these fugitive artists.

GLASS
by Ellen Hopkins
In a powerful sequel to Crank, Kristina is determined to manage her addiction to crack in order to keep her newborn child, but when she is unable to manage her use of the drug and the pull becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.

TUPAC SHAKUR LEGACY
by Jamal Joseph
Tupac Shakur Legacy presents the story of rap artist, political spokesman, poet, actor, writer, humanitarian and entrepreneur Tupac Amaru Shakur.

SAFE
by Susan Shaw
When thirteen-year-old Tracy, whose mother died when she was three years old, is raped and beaten on the last day of school, all her feelings of security disappear and she does not know how to cope with the fear and dread that engulf her.

UNWIND
by Neil Shusterman
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs–and, perhaps, save their own lives.

HOMEBOYZ
by Alan L. Sitomer
Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.

THALIA: ¡BELLEZA!: LECCIONES SOBRE EL BRILLO LABIAL Y LA FELICIDAD
por Thalia con Belén Aranda-Alvarado
Thalia delivers the ultimate guide to Latin beauty.

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