TIGHTROPE
by Gillian Cross
Tagging's her game. What's his name? And why is he following her?

SEEDFOLKS
by Paul Fleischman
Garden transforms a neighborhood.

OY, JOY!
by Lucy Frank
How many relatives does it take to help a girl get a date?

SNOW IN AUGUST
by Pete Hamill
In 1940's Brooklyn an Irish-Catholic teen befriends a Rabbi.

BABYLON BOYZ
by Jess Mowry
Can you build your life on a suitcase filled with cocaine?

145th STREET: SHORT STORIES
by Walter Dean Myers
Ten stories, one block.

ALMOST A WOMAN
by Esmeralda Santiago
Lives and loves of a Puerto Rican family.

DOWNSIDERS
by Neal Shusterman
Another world under the streets of New York City.

COFFEE WILL MAKE YOU BLACK
by April Sinclair
Growing up African American in 1960s Chicago, Stevie dreams of being cool.

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
by Betty Smith
The classic story of a teenage girl in historic Brooklyn.

BURIED ONIONS
by Gary Soto
Violence and heartbreak put Eddie onto the hot streets of Fresno, California.

TEEN ANGST? NAAAH... A QUASI-AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Ned Vizzini
Teen tells his own story. It's funny.

HOMELESS BIRD
by Gloria Whelan
Within a year, a young Indian teen is married, widowed and abandoned.

MAKE LEMONADE
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Two teenagers, a mother and her babysitter, help each other move on.

IF YOU COME SOFTLY
by Jacqueline Woodson
Miah and Ellie explore New York City, and their feelings for each other.

RATS
by Paul Zindel
Mutant rats take over garbage landfill on Staten Island New York.