Absolutely, Positively, Not by David Larochelle
Steven believes that he absolutely, positively, is not…gay. Just because he enjoys square dancing, can appreciate a good looking guy, and has never really been on a date with a girl doesn’t make him gay. But when he starts looking closer at his life, he begins to question his sexuality.

The Amazing Life of Birds (The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech) by Gray Paulsen
Duane Home Leech dislikes his name and can’t seem to get control of his actions as he begins to go through puberty.

Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
While doing research for a school assignment, Mitty finds an old medical book that contains a dangerous smallpox scab. Slowly he learns the symptoms of smallpox and how it could be used a bioterrorism agent. If he's infected, will he be responsible for infecting New York City?

Cruise Control by Terry Trueman
Paul is a great athlete and finds it very ironic that his brother, Shawn, is stuck in a wheelchair and can't do anything.

Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Bethany thinks her family only consists of her parents and herself, no grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins. However, when she is dropped off at an aunt's house, she begins to wonder what is happening and if her parents are keeping more secrets from her.

Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
Because Ingrid is an avid Sherlock Holmes fan, she can't resist the urge to try to discover who killed an Echo Falls resident.

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Do You Know the Monkey Man? by Dori Hillestad Butler
Because Sam has so many unanswered questions about her father’s whereabouts and her sister’s death, she decides to try to find her father and get some answers.

Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Tom can’t wait to meet the new girl coming into his class. Will she be pretty? Is she nice? But when Jessica enters the room, Tom is not prepared for what he sees…Jessica has been badly burned.

For Mike by Shelley Sykes
Mike is missing. Will his best friend find him in time?

Hard Ball by Will Weaver
Billy Boggs and King Kenwood come from different backgrounds but they both love baseball and Suzy Langmen. The farm boy and the town kid must put aside their differences in order to create peace between their fathers.

High School Bites by Liza Conrad
Lucy's life has never been "normal". Her mother died when she was young, her father hasn't left the house in years, and her house looks like the Munsters house. To make matters worse, on her sixteeth birthday, her father tells her that she is the decendent a Lucy from Bram Stoker's Dracula and vampires are trying to kill her.

Home Invasion by Monique Polak
After his mother remarries, Josh has a hard time adjusting to having another person in their lives. In an unusual way to cope with his new life, Josh "accidentally" enters people's house without their permission. He likes to observe how other families live to help him forget his own family situation.

If We Kiss by Rachel Vail
Charlie dreams that her first kiss will be romantic with someone she loves. But when it finally happens, it's with someone she barely talks to and it almost gets her in trouble. Afterwards, she can't get the guy out of her mind. Does the kiss mean that he likes her?

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No Right Turn by Terry Trueman
After his father's death, Jordan's felt like he's been asleep for 3 years. But when he sees his neighbor's beautiful 1976 Corvette Stingray, he begins to wake up.

The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
The Schwa is “functionally invisible”, no one notices him. He can be standing right next to someone and the person will have no idea that he’s there. To prove this theory, Antsy and his friends decide to test “the Schwa Effect”.

Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
When Izzy goes to the doctor to check her swollen glands, she thinks he'll give her some medicine and that's it. Well, it's not that simple. She has cancer and must undergo chemotherapy.

True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet by Lola Douglas
Morgan Cater is a Hollywood starlet who almost overdosed. After she is released from detox, she is forced to live with her mother's friend so she can try to have a normal life, in the hopes of making a comeback with a tell-all memoir of her year in a normal high school.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
What would the world be like if everyone had an operation that made them pretty when they turned 16 years old? Tally can't wait until her birthday but her wish is put on hold when her best friend runs away. She must decide to either betray her friend or remain ugly forever.
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What are You Afraid of?: Stories about phobias edited by Donald R. Gallo
A collection of phobia stories by popular authors (Joan Bauer, Alex Flinn, Neal Shusterman, etc...). There may be at least one story that sounds familiar.

You are SO Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah! by Fiona Rosenbloom
In the process of getting ready for her Bat Mitzvah, Stacey Friedman is trying to get the boy of her dreams to notice her. She has it all worked out...their first kiss will be at her party, then they’ll get married after high school, have 4-8 children, etc…but somehow things don't work out as she had planned.