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by M.T. Anderson
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

Spacer and Rat Spacer and Rat
by Margaret Bechard
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.
Ender Series

Ender Series
by Orson Scott Card
An outstanding tale of the child-hero Ender Wiggin, who must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.

Epic Epic
by Conor Kostick
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
Hex Hex
by
Rhiannon Lassiter
The CPS, a secret government agency, is on a mission to seek and destroy the Hex, human mutants with supercomputer minds but the CPS hasn't discovered Raven. Soon they will feel her power, know her rage as she and her brother, Wraith, set out to discover what happened to their long-lost sister, Rachel. Is she dead or alive? Or has she met a fate worse than extinction?
ttyl ttyl
by Lauren Myracle
Chronicles, in instant message format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.
Rob&Sara.com Rob&Sara.com
by P.J. Petersen and Ivy Ruckman
Rob, who lives at a school for troubled teenagers, and Sara, the sixteen-year-old daughter of an army colonel, meet in a poetry chat-room and develop a close relationship via email.
The Last Book in the Universe The Last Book in the Universe
by Rodman Philbrick

After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.
The Gospel According to Larry The Gospel According to Larry
by
Janet Tashjian
Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.
Heir Apparent Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
Click Here (To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade) Click Here (To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade)
by Denise Vega

Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.
Be More Chill Be More Chill
by
Ned Vizzini
Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
 

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Make Your Own Graphic Novel: Using Digital Techniques

Make Your Own Graphic Novel: Using Digital Techniques
by Mike Chinn and Chris McLoughlin
From first inspiration to publication, this book teaches budding graphic novelists how and where to translate their drawing and storytelling talents into digitally-realized art.

Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nic Harcourt
A wide-ranging guide to the best in recorded music, from Frank Sinatra to Frank Zappa, Billie Holiday to Billy Bragg, bebop to hip-hop, "The White Album" to "Back in Black," and much, much more.
Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer
by Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos
This complete guide presents a wealth of information by exploring the digital possibilities of creating manga-style artwork.
My So-Called Digital Life: 2000 Teenagers, 300 Cameras, and 30 Days to Document Their World My So-Called Digital Life: 2000 Teenagers, 300 Cameras, and 30 Days to Document Their World
by Bob Pletka
This dynamic, expressive book collects the images and observations of 2000 teenagers who were set loose in their high schools throughout California with digital cameras in hand.
 

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