Books About Teenagers Dealing With Life's Challenges
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Books About Teenagers Dealing With Life's Challenges
The Plague Year
by Stephanie S. Tolan
In the ultimate test of courage, Molly and David must stand up for newcomer Brian when his secret is revealed and
prejudice spreads like a plague in their town.
Squashed by Joan Bauer
Ellie is ready to take on the world, if only the world would cooperate. As Ellie tries to grow the largest pumpkin and take home the prize, unpredictable weather and pumpkin thieves threaten her chance for success.
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
Six teenagers return from a camping trip and discover that their families and life as they know it are gone, because
war has broken out in the middle of the night.
Missing the Piano by Adam Rapp
St. Matthew's Military Academy has some harsh traditions and 15-year-old Mike is about to find out about them.
The Road Home
by Ellen Emerson White
Rebecca went to Vietnam to heal and give comfort, but the war is worse than she ever bargained for.
Peeling the Onion by Wendy Orr
Karate kicking Anna is forced to face a new kind of challenge when she is in a devastating car accident.
Free Fall
by Joyce Sweeney
Four boys trapped in a cave. Will they ever see the sun again?
Wrestling Sturbridge by Rich Wallace
Ben is the second best 135 lb. wrestler in his school, but he wants to be #1.
Down River
by Will Hobbs
8 teenagers in a juvenile camp program ditch their adult counselor and attempt to white water raft down the Grand
Canyon alone.
The Year Without Michael by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life is never the same for Jody when one day her brother simply doesn't come home and no answers as to why or how can be found.
Adam ZigZag
by Barbara Barrie
Adam is bright, popular and talented, but thanks to a disorder known as dyslexia, he can't read.
Hate You by Graham McName
Alice Silvers writes songs that she can never sing because her father damaged her vocal cords in a fit of rage. Now, lying on his death bed, Alice's father has asked to see her.
After the First
Death by Robert Cormier
Terrorists hijack a school bus in an attempt to return to their homeland. What happens after the first death?
Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
Steve York, once a straight A student, is about to miss high school graduation. The only thing that can save him is a 100 page essay.
Kissing Doorknobs
by Terry Spencer Hesser
Tara Sullivan has a problem - she finds herself unable to control the obsessive behaviors that haunt her life.
A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin
Same and Jules are best friends who want nothing more than to be dancers. But Jules' dancing career is threatened when she learns that she has cancer.
A Door Near Here
by Marsha Quales
Katherine and her 3 younger siblings try to hold the family together when life, and their mother, is falling apart
around them.
The White Horse by Cynthia D. Grant
At 16, Raina can't remember a life without drugs. Now pregnant, can't Raina stop the cycle of abuse?
So Much to Tell You
by John Marsden
Marina has so much to tell you about what happened to her face.
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Paul Fisher is legally blind, but it seems he is the only one who can see the truth about his brother.
In My Hands : Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
Forced to work for the German army, Irene Gut, 17-years-old, was determined to save her friends. This is her true
story.
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Jenna Boller is driving cross country in the trip of a lifetime as she tries to help her employer save her company.
Swallowing Stones
by Joyce MacDonald
The best day of Michael's life becomes the worst when the bullet he fires into the air kills a man several blocks
away.
Roughnecks by Thomas Cochran
Travis Cody is a high school senior preparing for the most important football game of his life.
The Heartbeat of Half-time by Steve Wunderli
Winning takes on a whole new meaning when football player Wing's father is diagnosed with cancer.