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M.T. Anderson. Feed
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.
Chris Crutcher. Whale Talk
TJ, an adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.
Dan Elish. Born Too Short
Thirteen-year-old Matt is so envious of his best friend Keith that he wishes things would go badly for him, and when Keith's fortune changes, while at the same time Matt finds his first true girlfriend, Matt is overcome with guilt.
Paul Fleischman. Whirligig
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
E.R. Frank. America
Teenage America, a not-black, not-white, not-anything boy, who has spent many years in institutions for disturbed, antisocial behavior, tries to piece his life together.
Cornelia Funke. The Thief Lord
Two brothers, on the run from an aunt who plans to adopt the younger brother, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."
Chris Lynch. Who the Man
13-year-old Earl is much too big for his age. When his classmates tease him and his parents' problems get too hard to handle, Earl's anger results in a school suspension.
Darren Shan. Cirque du Freak series
Follow Darren through his many adventures as a half-vampire.
Arthur Slade. Tribes
For Percy, the loss of his father and the suicide of his best friend build to a climax during the last week before high school graduation.
Jerry Spinelli. Loser
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel negatively about himself.
Rob Thomas. Rats Saw God
In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred-page writing assignment which helps him to sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled teen.
Paul Zindel. Rats
When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.
Try these authors:
- Will Hobbs
- David Klass
- Carl Dueker
- Robert Lipsyte
- Orson Scott Card
- Rich Wallace
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